Seventh grader earns history bee national title

Daniel Figueroa '24 finished first in the seventh-grade track of the National History Bee in Chicago June 7-10, giving Ransom Everglades its first national champion in the event. Chase Dubovy '25 finished in the top 10 in the sixth-grade division and Leo Fein '23 claimed a top-20 finish in the eighth-grade division. In the history bowl team competition, Ransom Everglades placed in 13th out of 64 teams with a 4-2 record. Faculty member Joe Mauro led the effort.
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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.