Students score in Battlebots

4/29/2019

Four RE teams won medals at the Robotics Battlebot Challenge tournament at the Miami-Dade County Fair and Exposition on April 7, capturing first and second prizes in the 15-lb. robot and 3-lb. categories. Max Swietelsky ’21, Eric Medina ’21 and Adam Kaplan ’21 (15 lb.) and Gabriel Vianna '21 (3 lb.) landed at the top of the podium. Jacob Wolfe ’21 (15 lb.) and Logan Smith '22 (3 lb.) claimed second-place finishes. The robots of Wolfe and Vianna also were named Best Engineered in their classes. The students were led by robotics coach Bob DuBard.

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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 mission of Ransom Everglades School is to provide an educational environment in which the pursuit of honor, academic excellence and intellectual growth is complemented by concern for the physical, cultural and character development of each student. 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.