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Health and Wellness

The Foundation of Health and Wellness at RE

Healthy decision-making and wellness are essential to academic and personal success, and Ransom Everglades is committed to creating an environment that emphasizes wellbeing and supports the health and wellness of its students. RE provides students with tools and resources to lead active, healthy, responsible and safe lives. From the peer-to-peer Health Information Project (HIP) to Wellness Wednesdays to a variety of programs and presenters, Ransom Everglades prioritizes the health and welfare of its students.

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Health and Wellness Initiatives at RE

  • Peer to Peer Peer to Peer
    The Health Information Project (HIP) is a year-long, student-led, peer-to-peer health education program on the upper school campus. Juniors and seniors trained as Peer Health Educators help freshmen navigate topics including mental health; reproductive health; alcohol, tobacco and other drugs; relationships; nutrition, exercise and obesity.
  • Substance Abuse Prevention Substance Abuse Prevention
    Ransom Everglades partners with prevention specialists to ensure its students and faculty receive substance use, abuse and prevention education and information. Other invited guests also address these topics during assemblies throughout the year.
  • Physical Education Physical Education
    Ransom Everglades considers physical education a core component of health and wellness. Middle school students participate in activities that build muscular strength, endurance, flexibility, cardiovascular health and balance. RE freshmen benefit from sailing, canoeing, kayaking and swimming. Older students may choose advanced electives in bay studies and more.
  • Issues & Ethics Issues & Ethics
    Issues and Ethics represents a fundamental theme in Ransom Everglades' seven-year curriculum. It is introduced as part of the middle school physical education curriculum and later explored by upper school students during weekly assemblies and advisory or classroom discussions.
  • Internet Safety Programs Internet Safety Programs
    Internet safety experts advise our students on how to use the web and social media safely and responsibly.
  • Nutrition Nutrition
    Ransom Everglades, which offers students mid-morning snacks and hot, healthy lunches provided by SAGE dining, partnered with chef Andrew Benson, a founding member of New York City’s Childhood Nutrition Collaborative, to ensure nutritious, varied and tasty options for student dining. SAGE uses fresh, wholesome, from-scratch food from seasonal, locally sourced ingredients to provide a range of daily offerings that accommodate various dietary needs and food allergies.

Health and Wellness Programming

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  • Sixth Grade

    • Physical Education 6
    • Issues and Ethics
    • Internet safety and digital citizenship

  • Seventh Grade

    • Physical Education 7
    • Issues and Ethics
    • Internet safety and digital citizenship
    • Class-building exercises

  • Eighth Grade

    • Physical Education 8
    • Issues and Ethics
    • Leadership Workshop
    • Inward Bound (day of self-reflection, personal growth, bonding)

  • Ninth Grade

    • Physical Education 9 (bay studies, sailing, swimming, fitness)
    • Everglades Experience (excursion with Outward Bound into the Everglades)
    • Health Information Project (peer-to-peer counseling and health curriculum led by RE juniors and seniors)
    • Substance abuse information
    • Wellness Wednesdays
    • Access to therapy dogs during monthly visits
    • Sexual assault and consent seminar

  • Tenth Grade

    • Physical education course or meet junior varsity/varsity sport participation requirement
    • Substance abuse information
    • Wellness Wednesdays
    • Access to therapy dogs during monthly visits
    • Sexual assault and consent seminar

  • Eleventh Grade

    • Physical education course or meet junior varsity/varsity sport participation requirement
    • Health Information Project (some juniors serve as peer-to-peer counselors for the ninth-grade class)
    • Substance abuse information
    • Wellness Wednesdays
    • Access to therapy dogs during monthly visits
    • Sexual assault and consent seminar

  • Twelfth Grade

    • Physical education course or meet junior varsity/varsity sport participation requirement
    • Substance abuse information
    • Wellness Wednesdays
    • Access to therapy dogs during monthly visits
    • Sexual assault and consent seminar
    • Anti-hazing seminar

    • Lampen Family Wellness Center

About Health and Wellness at RE

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  • Student Wellness Board and Council

    The Student Wellness Board and Council provides peer-to-peer wellness activities for the student body throughout the year and self-care programs on Wellness Wednesdays.

  • Wellness Staff

    Students have access to counselors and nurses on both campuses. Director of Counseling Isis Perez-Gonzalez oversees the development counseling department and Director of Student Health Services Marie Gregorio coordinates medical care.

  • Wellness Center and Garden

    The Lampen Family Wellness Center and adjacent Class of 2019 Wellness Garden (a gift from that class) offer indoor and outdoor spaces for self-care, rest, relaxation and contemplation.

Middle School

2045 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Phone: 305 250 6850

Upper School

3575 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Phone: 305 460 8800

Accreditations and Memberships

FCIS | SAIS | NAIS | NACAC | SACAC | ACCIS |
College Board | CSEE | INDEX | One Schoolhouse
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.


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