Joanna Stevens

Math Teacher | Desmos Fellow & Presenter | NBCT | 2014 KY High School Teacher of the Year | Tweets are my own

[Math Medic @MathMedic]

Day 2: Our Fave Teacher Essentials - Papermate Flair pens, Expo markers, Ticonderoga pencils, Math Medic notebooks, and Post-It notes. Follow, like, and repost for your chance to win (check your DMs all week). #MathMedic #giveaway #mathteacher #teacherlife #happyholidays #MTBoS

[Math Medic @MathMedic]

1st giveaway of the week is the famous Coffee Break - seasonal coffee beans from MI, Windmill Cookies, and our new MM Instant Teacher mug. Follow, like, and repost for your chance to win (check your DMs all week). #MathMedic #giveaway #happyholidays #mtbos

[Kentucky Men’s Basketball @KentuckyMBB]

It's us and Tennessee in the #Sweet16 in Indy. #GoBigBlue

[CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀 @CBSSportsCBB]

For Mark Pope, becoming the Head Coach of @KentuckyMBB was a full-circle moment. He now hopes to take the program that he once played for, to the same destination: a national championship…but this time, as a coach.

[Micki Ray Marinelli @MickiLRay]

KY Numeracy Counts Academy opportunity‼️The KDE is partnering with KCM to invest in PL for up to 1,000 K-5 teachers. Application linked below. #mathisFUNdamental #kynumeracycounts

[Kentucky Men’s Basketball @KentuckyMBB]

We're here on a mission.

[Drew Franklin @DrewFranklinKSR]

I've really enjoyed the first six episodes of Paradise on Hulu, and not just because President Cal Bradford really loves the Cats.

[#AusOpen @AustralianOpen]

MADI’S MAIDEN MAJOR UNLOCKED 🔓 🏆

#AO2025

[Kentucky Men’s Basketball @KentuckyMBB]

Ahead of today's game, some legendary alumni wrote letters to Wildcats on this year’s team explaining what the rivalry means.

The Kentucky Legends Project: https://t.co/Ujkx1UEul2

[Kentucky Men’s Basketball @KentuckyMBB]

How 'bout the comeback Cats 😼

[Davis Cup @DavisCup]

An emotional anthem for @RafaelNadal 🥹

#DavisCup | @RFETenis

[Nike @Nike]

No one has given more to their sport. Or left it all on the court every single time. @RafaelNadal, you showed us what it takes to be the greatest. It only takes everything.

[Joanna Stevens @MrsStevensMath]

🎾 🥺

[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

Vamos, @RafaelNadal!

As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.

Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.

I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.

And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more. 

OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.

We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.

I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.

I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.

And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.

Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.

Rafa that!

Best always, your fan, 

Roger

[Kentucky Men’s Basketball @KentuckyMBB]

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHO IS IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT

📺 - ESPN

[Kentucky Men’s Basketball @KentuckyMBB]

That first win feeling 🤌

[Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman @LtGovColeman]

Amendment 2 threatens our rural schools the most, like the communities where I grew up and taught. Rural Kentucky should not pay the price of private school tuition.

[Andy Beshear @AndyBeshearKY]

The future of public education is on the line in this election.

Amendment 2 would take funding from the public schools that care about our kids and give it to corporations that care about their profits.

Vote No on Amendment 2.

[Joanna Stevens @MrsStevensMath]

It’s a beautiful day to vote in Lancaster, Kentucky! 🗳️

[Andy Beshear @AndyBeshearKY]

“Every day is a chance to be better than we were the day before.” - Ted Lasso

Happy Halloween, Kentucky!

[Joanna Stevens @MrsStevensMath]

I am voting no on Amendment 2. Public tax dollars should be allocated exclusively to public schools.