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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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. -
Seventh grader finishes first in National History Bee
Parker Jelke '27 finished first in his age group in the National History Bee for the second straight year as he and teammates Zach Corbin Cheah '27, Lucas Gonzalez '27 and Jaz Puri '28 also claimed third place in the National History Bowl in Orlando June 17-20. Their efforts led a host of impressive performances, including a first place in the written exam on cartography by Jacob Aronow '26.Read More -
Senior finishes first in U.S. History Bee
Read MoreRE’s varsity and JV academic teams won third place in the National History Bowl in their respective divisions, and Javier Kumar ’22 won first place in the U.S. History Bee, leading Ransom Everglades at the International Academic Competitions National Championships April 21-24 in Arlington, Va. -
RE dominates South Florida Regional History Bowl and Bee
Read MoreRansom Everglades’ teams swept the team and individual events at the South Florida Regional History Bowl and Bee on March 5 at Ransom Everglades – a total of four RE teams and six individuals earned podium finishes, led by the first-place varsity and junior varsity teams. -
RE sweeps South Florida Winter History Bee and Bowl
Ransom Everglades swept the 2022 South Florida Winter History Bee and Bowl January 22, winning the varsity and junior varsity bowls and the varsity and JV bees as an RE middle school team finished second in the JV (high school) bowl. Under the direction of RE coaches Joe Mauro, Branly Fontaine and Abby Berler, RE students won a total of seven top-three medals at annual competition at the upper school.Read More -
RE sweeps SF Fall History Bee and Bowl
Read MoreRansom Everglades swept the 2021 South Florida Fall History Bee and Bowl on November 13, winning all four events: the varsity and junior varsity bowls (team) and bees (individual). Leo Fein ’23 won the varsity bee and helped RE’s varsity team to first place in the varsity bowl as Daniel Figueroa ’24 won the JV bee and helped RE’s junior varsity team to first in the JV bowl. -
MS student wins National History Bee
Parker Jelke ’27 won the National History Bee for the sixth grade, leading a host of top performers from Ransom Everglades at the championships in Arlington, Va., on Labor Day weekend. Leo Fein ’23, Daniel Figueroa ’24 and Javier Kumar ’22 scored top-five finishes in the high school divisions as Jelke topped 45 qualifiers to become the second RE student in two years to win a national history bee title. The September 3-6 championship had been rescheduled from last June.Read More -
JV academic team second in nationals
Ransom Everglades' junior varsity academic team – Isabel Chong '24, Lucia Rose Dahn '23, Leo Fein '23, Daniel Figueroa '24, Erick Gross '24 and Jonathan Pollak '23 – finished second among 35 teams from around the country in the virtual National History Bowl May 15-16. RE's varsity team finished in eighth place among 65 teams.Read More
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Student Leaders
President: Leo Fein '23
Vice-President: Daniel Figueroa '24
Scribe: Jonathan Pollak '23
Vice-President: Daniel Figueroa '24
Scribe: Jonathan Pollak '23
Roster
Aronow, Jacob '26
Chong, Isabel '24
Dubovy, Chase '25
Fein, Leo '23
Figueroa, Daniel '24
Forand, Liam '24
Jindal, Aarav '26
Juhasz, Nicholas '26
Moskovitz, Matthew '25
Pollak, Jonathan '23
Reizenstein, Charles '26
Touby, Jack '23
Wiesenfeld, Maxwell '23
Chong, Isabel '24
Dubovy, Chase '25
Fein, Leo '23
Figueroa, Daniel '24
Forand, Liam '24
Jindal, Aarav '26
Juhasz, Nicholas '26
Moskovitz, Matthew '25
Pollak, Jonathan '23
Reizenstein, Charles '26
Touby, Jack '23
Wiesenfeld, Maxwell '23
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.