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Ransom Everglades School purchases La Brisa property
Ransom Everglades School purchased the 6.9-acre La Brisa property adjoining its Main Highway campus in June with the goal of continuing to improve educational spaces for students while respecting the tradition-rich land and extensive hammock. The school will carefully consider throughout 2016-17 how to incorporate the land into its Upper School campus.
The purchase of the bayfront property was made possible through generous donations and reflects the school’s longstanding ties to Coconut Grove and its history. The La Brisa land was originally deeded in 1886 to Kirk Munroe, a noted conservationist and founding member of the Florida Audubon Society.
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“We couldn’t pass up the opportunity to buy this beautiful property,” said Ransom Everglades Head of School Penny Townsend. “The purchase will allow us to improve our facilities, add vital greenspace and continue our long tradition of respecting, protecting and learning from the treasures of Old Florida and Miami’s precious coastal ecosystems.”
The purchase allows Ransom Everglades to enhance educational experiences for students by providing additional access to the bay and a vast lawn shaded by lush tree canopies and dense mangroves. It also enables the school to undertake a planned revitalization of the academic facilities on its original, century-old campus.
“Paul Ransom founded our school 113 years ago with a forward-thinking focus on taking care of the natural world,” said Eric Mendelson, chairman of the school’s board of trustees. “The current trustees are strongly committed to ensuring the vitality of the school for the next century, and the prudent addition of this neighboring property fits squarely into our long-term educational goals while also honoring Paul Ransom’s legacy.”
Middle School
2045 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133Phone: 305 250 6850
Upper School
3575 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, FL 33133Phone: 305 460 8800
Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.