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 ninth and tenth-grade students, and a varsity squad for upperclassmen. Students practice after school and compete in local, regional and national tournaments.
Team News
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Upper school academic teams excel at fall invitational
Ransom Everglades upper school academic teams claimed first, second and fourth places at the South Florida Fall Invitational on October 11 on the Ransom Campus. Twelve teams from South Florida and Florida's southwest coast competed in the event, a qualifying tournament for the National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) national championship in Atlanta in May. The winning team of Parker Jelke '27, Noah Veras '29, Julian Jelke '29 and Alex Tevelow '28 and the second-place finishers Jack Gonzalez '28, Harlan Hoenig '28, Ethan Moskovitz '27 and Selin Kaleli '28 advanced to nationals with their results.Read More -
RE middle schoolers score top finishes at National History Bee and Bowl
Read MoreRansom Everglades sent 30 students and five history bowl teams – the most of any school – to the National History and Geography Middle School Bee and Bowl in Orlando over Memorial Day weekend. RE’s history and geography teams earned top-10 finishes as 2,000 students from around the nation competed in a range of events. -
JV academic team wins second place in the nation
Ransom Everglades finished No. 2 in the nation at the National History Bowl in Arlington, Va., in the junior varsity division. Academic team members Parker Jelke ’27, Zachary Corbin Cheah ’27, Jaz Puri ’28 and Jack Gonzalez ’28 achieved the highest-ever placement for RE's upper school in the April 25-27 competition that included 54 teams from around the United States.Read More -
Middle school students dominate history and geography bee
Read MoreRansom Everglades middle school students won 16 of 18 medals at the South Florida Regional Middle School History and Geography Bee on March 1, scoring first and second places in all of the sixth- through eighth-grade divisions. The medal-winners in history were: Noah Veras '29, Evan Powe '29, Ella Griffin '29, Alejandro Gonzalez '30, Cam Fisser '30, Niko Diego '31, Noah Mitchell '31 and Ethan van der Ven '31. The stand-outs in geography were Veras, Griffin, William Phillips '29, Rohan Harihara '30, Emma Hall '30, Izzy Greengrass '30, Lexie Isaeva '31 and Elias Ahmad '31. Coach Joe Mauro led the students at the event at Ransom Everglades, the last competition before the national championships in Orlando over Memorial Day weekend. -
RE teams sweep the titles in the South Florida Regional History Bowl
Three Ransom Everglades teams swept the gold medals at the South Florida Regional History Bowl competition that brought 11 schools and 28 teams to the upper school on February 8. RE teams went undefeated as they earned championships at every level: varsity (Jacob Aronow '26, Parker Jelke '27, Jaz Puri '28 and Zach Corbin Cheah '27), junior varsity (Jack Gonzalez '28, Harlan Hoenig '28 and Iker Fierro '28) and middle school (Noah Veras '29, Julian Jelke '29 and Evan Powe '29).Read More -
Teamwork leads to gold at the 2025 South Florida Winter History Bee and Bowl
A Ransom Everglades academic team that included a mix of junior varsity and middle school competitors defeated all-varsity squads from across South Florida to win the championship at the 2025 South Florida Regional History Bowl at American Heritage Schools in Delray Beach on Jan. 11. Upper school academic team president Jacob Aronow '26 led the Raider team that finished undefeated and included Parker Jelke '27, Jaz Puri '28, Noah Veras '29 and Julian Jelke '29.Read More -
RE's academic teams excel at the regional history bee and bowl
Ransom Everglades' academic teams won four first-place trophies and many other recognitions at the South Florida Fall Regional History Bee and Bowl held at Archimedean Upper Conservatory in Miami on December 7, and more than a dozen Raiders qualified for the National History Bee and Bowl in Arlington, Va., (high school) or Orlando (middle school) next spring.Read More -
Ransom Everglades teams earn first and third places at South Florida geography bowl
Teams from Ransom Everglades captured first and third places in the 2024 High School Geography Bowl for Independent Schools of South Florida. Jacob Aronow '26, Charlie Reizenstein '26, Oscar Vazquez '26, Jaz Puri '28 and Benny Fishman '26 came from behind to win a close final match for the championship, and Parker Jelke '27, Jack Gonzalez '28, Iker Fierro Garcia '28, Gabrielle Tchira '27 and Jack Akselrad '28 earned the third-place trophy. RE's academic teams competed against 15 other teams at the Nov. 19 event at the Coral Gables Woman's Club and were supported by coaches Abby Berler and Branly Fontaine.Read More -
RE's academic team wins championship in NAQT South Florida Fall Invitational
The Ransom Everglades team of Jacob Aronow '26, Adi Arul '26, Zach Corbin-Cheah '27, Parker Jelke '27 and Alex Tevelow '28 won the championship at the National Academic Quiz Tournaments South Florida Fall Invitational at Ransom Everglades. RE's "B" team of Jack Gonzalez '28, Jaz Puri '28, Noah Veras '29, Ethan Moskovitz, '27, Gabrielle Tchira, '27 and Harlan Hoenig '28 finished in third place in the tournament that attracted 12 teams from as far as Naples.Read More -
Ransom Everglades wins the 2024 Middle School Geography Bee
RE's middle school academic team excelled at the 2024 Middle School Geography Bee on October 29, posting an 8-0 record against eight local schools to claim its third title in a row. Under coach Joe Mauro, Noah Veras '29, Ciaran Clingan '29, Evan Powe '29, Rohan Harihara '30 and Axel Fraser '31 helped RE win its 14th Independent Schools of South Florida (ISSF) championship in 21 years of competition.Read More
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Student Leaders
President: Parker Jelke '27
Vice-President: Oscar Vazquez '26
Scribe: Jaz Puri '28
Vice-President: Oscar Vazquez '26
Scribe: Jaz Puri '28
Roster
Akselrad, Jack '28
Powe, Evan '29
Antia, Lucas '29
Apara, Aziz '29
Aronow, Jacob '26
Arul, Adi '26
Astorga, Maryam '28
Bautista, Sienna '27
Brue, Owen '27
Corbin-Cheah, Zachary '27
Coscarelli, Daniel '29
Derick, Henry '28
Fierro Garcia, Iker '28
Apara, Aziz '29
Aronow, Jacob '26
Arul, Adi '26
Astorga, Maryam '28
Bautista, Sienna '27
Brue, Owen '27
Corbin-Cheah, Zachary '27
Coscarelli, Daniel '29
Derick, Henry '28
Fierro Garcia, Iker '28
Gonzalez, Jack '28
Griffin, Ella '29Hoenig, Harlan '28
Hucks, Coley '27
Huggins, Idris '29
Jelke, Julian '29
Jelke, Parker '27
Kaleli, Selin '28
London, Raif '29
Moskovitz, Ethan '27
Motoki, Nicolas '27Hucks, Coley '27
Huggins, Idris '29
Jelke, Julian '29
Jelke, Parker '27
Kaleli, Selin '28
London, Raif '29
Moskovitz, Ethan '27
Powe, Evan '29
Puri, Jaz '28
Reizenstein, Charlie '26
Sachar, Sophia '29
Steinberg, Chloe '27
Tchira, Gabrielle '27
Tevelow, Alexander '28
Vazquez, Oscar '26
Veras, Noah '29
Steinberg, Chloe '27
Tchira, Gabrielle '27
Tevelow, Alexander '28
Vazquez, Oscar '26
Veras, Noah '29
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
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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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Ransom Everglades School®, The RE Way™, RE Pathways™ and Bowden Fellowships in the Humanities™ are trademarks of Ransom Everglades School.