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RE students earn National Merit recognition

Ten Ransom Everglades seniors were named semifinalists in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program, putting them in the top one percent of students who took the 2018 PSAT. Semifinalists Zachary Buttrick '20, Joseph Gross '20, Sophie Leibowitz '20, Natalia Lopez '20, Ashley Nguyen '20, Timothy Sucher '20, Isaac Szomstein '20, Benjamin Thorpe '20, Dylan Tie-Shue '20 and Anthony Wolfe '20 have been invited to continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships.

The semifinalists were notified of the honor on Sept. 11 by Head of the Upper School Patricia Sasser. Each has the chance to compete for the 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million that will be awarded next spring.

RE also had 21 National Merit Commended Students.
The commended students finished in the top three percent of all PSAT test takers. RE's commended students: Sebastian Artze '20, Julien Bacon '20, Phoebe Beber-Frankel '20, Milanne Berg '20, David Civantos '20, Aston Craft '20, Rachel DeAngulo '20, Jolie Dreiling '20, Tomas Esber '20, Daniel Goldstein '20, Joshua Hertz '20, Huiyi Lin '20, Kate Menninger '20, Lucas Miner '20, Sofia Mora '20, Nicholas Namias '20, Claudia Pinilla '20, Jake Quanstrom '20, Charith Reddy '20, Perry Samimy '20 and Dori Schurr '20.

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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.