RE speech and debate dominates at home
RE speech and debate coach Kate Hamm earned regional coach of the year honors for the second straight year as four RE students scored first-place trophies at the 2019 Florida Forensic League Art Deco Region Qualifying Tournament Feb. 2 at Ransom Everglades Middle School. More than 40 RE students won invitations to the state championship tournament by finishing in the top seven in their events.
Aidan Murphy '21 and Margaret Dill '21 won Public Forum Debate; Lucas Miner '20 claimed first in International Extemporaneous Speaking; and Alex Dray '21 scored first place in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking to lead Ransom Everglades.
More than a dozen RE competitors of the 61 who participated earned podium finishes. The event on the Middle School campus drew 13 schools and more than 250 competitors from the Florida Forensic League’s region 5. Some 30 students and 20 parents volunteered to help make the tournament a success.
RE qualifiers for the FFL Varsity State Championship March 2-3 at West Broward High:
Ilija Wan-Simm '19 - auto-qualified Program of Oral Interpretation
Zoe San Martin '20 - fourth place Congressional Debate
Lauren Zanarini '22 and Paisley Verea '22 - seventh place Duo Interpretation
Zoey Weiss '21 - first alternate Dramatic Interpretation
Joan Joseph '21 - seventh place Dramatic Interpretation
Natalia Botero '20 - fifth place Dramatic Interpretation
Sol Cuello-Robert '22 - third place Dramatic Interpretation
Alexandra Henriquez '22 - second place Dramatic Interpretation
Addy Weintraub '20 - second alternate Humorous Interpretation
Danny Jackson '21 - second place Humourous Interpretation
Hallie Leeds '20 - second alternate Informative Speaking
Alison Zanarini '20 - first alternate Informative Speaking
Jules Murray '22 - seventh place Informative Speaking
Georgia Crosby '21 - sixth place Informative Speaking
Matthew Rocha '19 - fourth place Informative Speaking
Megan Houchin '19 - third place Informative Speaking
Henry Schermerhorn '19 - second place Informative Speaking
Clara Villalba '22 - second alternate Original Oratory
Carlos Souffront '19 - first alternate Original Oratory
Alba Uriarte '22 - fifth place Original Oratory
Isa Cofresi '19 - fourth place Original Oratory
Javier Kumar '22 - sixth place International Extemporaneous Speaking
Clara Villalba '22 - fourth place International Extemporaneous Speaking
Lucas Miner '20 - first place International Extemporaneous Speaking
Alba Uriarte '22 - first alternate Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Axel Hicks '21 - sixth place Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Joan Joseph '21 - fifth place Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Alex Mendelson '19 - second place Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Alexandre Dray '21- first place Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking
Keenan Cubias '19 and Jude Gelles '19 - second alternate Public Forum Debate
Zach Marcus '22 and Noah Gold '22 - seventh place Public Forum Debate
Marley Rywell '19 and Brianna Kerr '19 - sixth place Public Forum Debate
Oliver Stern '19 and Dori Schurr '19 - fifth place Public Forum Debate
Nicole Rodriguez '22 and Eva Tariko '22 - fourth place Public Forum Debate
Matthew Antezana '21 and Aaron Holtz '21 - third place Public Forum Debate
Aidan Murphy '21 and Margaret (Liza) Dill '21 - first place Public Forum Debate
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.