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dr kolbe ricks

@kolbejack.bsky.social

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🛸traveler, creator. advanced academics program leader and AP Lit teacher. swimming, football, and girls flag football coach. Ed.D in school improvement. 📍 Texas collab with me at kolbericks.com

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

These 4 books are a *must* to finish before September ends…I have 3 others that I want to get through, but they may get pushed to October

Screenshot of the covers of Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo, Angel Down by Daniel Kraus, How to Read Water by Tristan Gooley, and Easy of Eden by John Steinbeck with a text overlay reading September Reading List

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Back for season two with the linebackers! Never in my life did I think I’d be coaching boys football…. (I say it like that cause I also am the head coach of our girls flag team)

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

AP has lost the plot. They lost it long ago, but this is … something

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I didn’t go to my doctoral graduation, so working graduation is as close as I get to graduation pictures. Three years post-doctorate and things are only going up! I’m so proud of the work I’ve done building our advanced academics program and the inaugural girls flag football team!

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

My plan for the summer is to be outside as much as possible

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

I kind of abandoned chronicling my recovery from back surgery, but I’m committed to swimming and am aiming to go every day this holiday break. Joined a masters team and everything.

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Also this was placed in our mailboxes and all over the common spaces at work. In a public high school.

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I love the “Not too hard to master” essays by River Dandelion in the July/August issue of poetry magazine. So much so, it’s going to be my intro to poetry lesson this year. I’ll add to this thread once I’ve integrated the work into a lesson plan! #edusky

A picture of a quote by River Dandelion in poetry magazine. The quote reads “Not all poems are meant to be completed. Not all poems are meant to be shared.”

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Alright, what are you reading heading into this weekend? I’m planning to finish this one today, and pull another off the surgery-recovery-TBR stack. #booksky

Kolbe holding a copy of James Baldwin’s Go Tell It On The Mountain. The background is a blurred depiction of some flowers and balcony decorations

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Skip Amazon and support people directly! My parents design this really fun game that is a fun blend of spades, uno, and it's easy enough to take to game night! Annnnd my parents have me a lil code "kolbe19" to get $10 off the listed price! www.kategizeboardgame.com/copy-of-kate...

Image of the POTL game box cover with POTL in big golden, western style letters and a characterized cowboy rhino holding th game cards. There is a subtitle that reads The card game of strategy, mischief, and a bit of luck!

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Are you a woman and do you coach or aspire to coach middle and high school sports in Texas? If so, I’d love it if you joined this new endeavor to support women in coaching! Find us on instagram at www.instagram.com/texaswomenco... or at www.texaswomencoachesclub.com

Image titled Texas women coaches club. With subtext saying a new space in DFW with a picture of an open laptop showing the website home page with the background of cleats on a soccer field

Image titled a club for women coaches in k-12 athletics with an image of an open laptop on a home page showing the text for the women who aspire to coach, are new coaches, are veteran coaches, looking for connection. Next to a tennis picture

Image titled the club’s mission and subtext saying women coaches are the difference makers. An image of an open laptop with the mission text on it saying the TWCC aims to shift the dynamics in k-12 coaching to increase the number of women in coaching positions. We believe in holistic approaches to coaching and program development and that women coaches have a unique approach that is crucial to improving athlete performance and culture.

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

I LOVE being a coach. These are the moments we live for, like winning rivalry week in our first year flag football program! I can’t wait to see these girls and this sport grow in Texas!

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Also, I’m waiting for this to come in and am quite excited to read it.

Image of the cover of “in open contempt: confronting white supremacy in art and public space” by Irvin weathersby jr

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Finally did something I’ve wanted to do for years and started a little free library 🩷

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dr kolbe ricks @kolbejack.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

My first issue of Le Petit 3 is here just in time for a slow Sunday morning.

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