Diversity, Equity and Inclusion News

2026

  • Constantino Pena '26 and Siena Claure '26 lead the Dragon Dance

    Ransom Everglades rings in the Lunar New Year

    Students in Ransom Everglades' Chinese language classes and Chinese Culture Club literally took center stage during the Lunar New Year assembly on February 10, ringing in the Year of the Horse with thrilling fan, dragon and lion dances and traditional music performances, including the song "Gong Xi Gong Xi." The festivities in the Lewis Family Auditorium continued out to the Miller Quad, where the upper school community gathered to enjoy sushi, sweets, dumplings and other delicious fare.
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  • Gustavo do Valle '26, Daniela Garcia '26 and Miranda Silva '26 perform in the Lewis Family Auditorium

    Students share insight into the diversity behind Brazil's culture

    Members of RE's Brazilian Culture Club explained how the diversity in Brazil has shaped the unique and exciting culture in Brazil during a February 26 celebration at the upper school that included student musicians and a professional dance troupe. Julia Leitao '26 (president), Valentina Pombo '27 (vice president) and Natalia Gupta '27 (member) presented a slideshow on Brazilian culture and history and student-musicians Gustavo Do Valle '26. Miranda Silva '26, Daniela Garcia '26, Lucas Noblet '28 and Victoria Garcia-Pinochet '28 performed Brazilian music in the Lewis Family Auditorium.
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  • Students, parents and professional community members participated in Black History Month celebration

    RE celebrates 100 years of Black History Month

    Ransom Everglades celebrated 100 years of Black History Month with vibrant festivals of learning and culture on February 5-6. From history lessons and jazz performances to Afro-Caribbean dance and "stepping," both campuses offered activities that highlighted Black achievements, artistry and resilience.
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  • Members of the RE community help assemble the goods for distribution

    RE community comes out for MLK Day of Service

    Ransom Everglades students, parents, alumni and professional community members participated in a Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service with the Joshua's Heart Foundation on January 19, showing RE's core values in action by distributing food and household supplies to Miami families. The collaboration with the service organization founded by Joshua Williams '18 allowed RE to help 1,470 individuals, 342 families and 715 children.
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  • Holocaust survivor Judy Rodan speaks to the seventh grade

    Students on both campuses observe Holocaust Remembrance Day

    Ransom Everglades students and faculty across both campuses paused to observe Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, engaging in a powerful series of assemblies and activities focused on resilience, survival and preserving memories. The day's events included a talk by Judy Rodan, a Holocaust survivor who shared her heartbreaking story of loss with middle school students at Swenson Hall.
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  • Matthew Beatty ’01

    Matthew Beatty '01 returns to RE to encourage students to live lives of purpose

    Returning to the stage where he graduated 25 years ago, Matthew Beatty '01 received a standing ovation after delivering a powerful call to action to the Ransom Everglades upper school students during a special assembly January 15 in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Drawing parallels between the school’s mission and the legacy of the late civil rights leader, Beatty challenged students to carve out their futures as ethical leaders and community architects.
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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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