Academic Teams
RE's Academic Teams provide students the opportunity to learn and practice the skills needed to compete in National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) and history tournaments. The competitions cover a wide variety of topics including history, mathematics, science, social sciences, the arts, religion and more. RE fields a junior varsity team made up of freshmen and sophomores, and a varsity squad for upperclassmen. Students practice after school and compete in local, regional and national tournaments.
Team News
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Raiders dominate the South Florida History Bees
Read MoreRansom Everglades students dominated the South Florida Regional History and Geography Bees on March 2 at the upper school, winning eight of the nine medals awarded in the history bee and sweeping the gold medals in the geography bee. Competing against 99 students from a number of local schools, Alejandro Gonzalez '30 and Julian Jelke '29 won gold medals in the history bee, and Rohan Harihara '30, Noah Veras '29 and Iker Fierro '28 earned gold medals in the geography bee. -
RE teams win four first places at the Winter South Florida History Bee and Bowl
RE swept the top awards – four first places – at the 2024 South Florida Winter History Bee and Bowl at Ransom Everglades on Jan. 20 and collected other top finishes. Daniel Figueroa '24 won the varsity bee title and Parker Jelke '27 won the junior varsity bee. RE's Jelke, Jacob Aronow '26 and Charles Reizenstein '26 won the varsity bowl title and Jack Gonzalez '28, Jack Akselrad '28, Jaz Puri '28 and Noah Veras '29 won the JV bowl title.Read More -
RE sweeps gold medals at South Florida History Bee and Bowl
Ransom Everglades won all five gold medals awarded at the 2023 South Florida History Bee and Bowl as RE students earned the high school, junior varsity and middle school team and individual titles. Daniel Figueroa '24 won the individual high school bee and joined Jacob Aronow '26, Lucas Blanco '24 and Liam Forand '24 on the winning high school bowl team. Parker Jelke '27 earned gold in the JV bee and also joined Lucas Gonzalez '27, Gabrielle Tchira '27 and Nico Juhasz '26 in winning first place in the JV bowl.Read More -
Teams from RE excel in quiz bowl event
Read MoreRansom Everglades academic teams earned first and third place in the South Florida Fall Invitational Quiz Bowl Tournament Nov. 4 at RE. Jacob Aronow '26, Lucas Blanco '24, Daniel Figueroa '24 and Liam Forand '24 finished first in the quiz-based competition on various academic subjects, and Zachary Corbin-Cheah '27, Lucas Gonzalez '27, Nicholas Motoki '27, Jaz Puri '28 and Noah Veras '29 came in third under coaches Branly Fontaine and Abby Berler. -
RE wins big at middle school and high school geography bees
Ransom Everglades' teams won two first places and one second place in the Independent Schools of South Florida Middle School and High School Geography Bees in October at the Women's Club of Coral Gables. Iker Fierro '28, Jaz Puri '28, Jack Akselrad '28, Noah Veras '29 and Ciaran Clingan '29 posted a 6-0 record to win the Oct. 10 middle school bee under the direction of coach Joe Mauro. Daniel Figueroa '24, Erick Gross '24, Benny Fishman '26 and Liam Forand '24 won the Oct. 24 high school bee under coaches Abby Berler and Branly Fontaine.Read More -
RE's national champion academic team wins silver in international olympiad
RE's national champion middle school academic team of Parker Jelke '27, Lucas Gonzalez '27 and Jaz Puri '28 earned the silver medal at the 5th International History Olympiad Championship in Rome in July, finishing second in the world to a team representing Asia.Read More -
Academic team's big weekend includes third in National History Bowl
Read MoreMembers of RE's Academic Team scored more than 20 top-10 finishes in a variety of national academic competitions in Arlington, Va., April 27-30. The most notable successes: RE's team of Leo Fein '23, Daniel Figueroa '24, Parker Jelke '27, Jonathan Pollak '23, Isabel Chong '24 and Mikey Zoi '24 won third place for the second straight year in the National History Bowl as the JV team of Chase Dubovy '25, Jaz Puri '28, Jacob Aronow '26, Charlie Reizenstein '26 and Nicholas Juhasz '26 finished in ninth place in the JV bowl. Fein also won fifth place in the varsity National History Bee as Jelke claimed fourth in the JV National History Bee. -
RE students dominate in regional history and geography bees
Ransom Everglades students swept the top three places in every division of the South Florida Regional Finals of the National History Bee and International Geography Bee, both of which took place at Ransom Everglades on March 5. Parker Jelke '27 earned first place in the eighth-grade division of both events; Jaz Puri '28 earned first place in the seventh-grade division of both, and Noah Veras '29 earned first place in the sixth-grade division of both.Read More -
Many victories at South Florida History Bee and Bowl
Ransom Everglades teams won the South Florida History Bowl varsity and JV competitions held at the upper school on Jan. 21, with Leo Fein '23, Max Weisenfeld '23, Jack Touby '23 and Jonathan Pollak '23 earning first place in the varsity event and the middle school team of Lucas Gonzalez '27, Parker Jelke '27, Zach Corbin Cheah '27 and Jaz Puri '28 topping teams of ninth and 10th graders in the junior varsity event.Read More -
Raiders win SF History Bowl and Bee
Read MoreRansom Everglades' Middle School History Team A – Parker Jelke '27, Zach Corbin-Cheah '27, Lucas Gonzalez '27 and Jaz Puri '28 – claimed first place in the South Florida History Bowl and Bee Nov. 12 at Archimedean Academy. The team accrued a 6-0 record in the middle school bowl competition on its way to the title.
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Student Leaders
President: Daniel Figueroa '24
Vice-President: Liam Forand '24
Vice-President: Liam Forand '24
Roster
Aronow, Jacob '26
Arul, Adi '26
Blanco, Lucas '24
Arul, Adi '26
Blanco, Lucas '24
Chong, Isabel '24
Corbin-Cheah, Zachary '27
Figueroa, Daniel '24
Fishman, Benny '26
Forand, Liam '24
Corbin-Cheah, Zachary '27
Figueroa, Daniel '24
Fishman, Benny '26
Forand, Liam '24
Gonzalez, Lucas '27
Gross, Erick '24
Hawkes, Matthew '26
Jelke, Parker '27
Juhasz, Nicholas '26
Juhasz, Nicholas '26
Mederos, Michael '25
Reizenstein, Charlie '26
Tchira, Gabrielle '27
Vazquez, Oscar '26
Vazquez, Oscar '26
Zoi, Mikey '24
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.