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Dozens of students honored at Upper School Award Ceremony

Ransom Everglades bestowed awards on more than 60 students from grades 9-11 during the Upper School Awards Ceremony on May 19, recognizing them for excellence in academics, arts, service and character. The event celebrated students' successes along with their determination, compassion, kindness and support for one another. Head of School Rachel Rodriguez opened the event at the Lewis Family Auditorium welcoming students in each grade and lauding all for their personal contributions to the RE community.
"This room is made up of individuals who each have stories, stories of perseverance and resilience and intelligence," she said. "Today is about honor and achieving excellence, but even more, it's about celebrating the values that make our school feel like home: Support & Community Joy & Wellbeing, Honor & Excellence, Service & Outreach, Diversity & Inclusion. Each one of you has played a part in making this year better. So, whether you're receiving an award today, you're cheering from the audience, you're sitting behind the scenes, ... you are part of what makes this community strong."

Department heads presented awards in their areas, and Head of the Upper School Donald Cramp opened the event. The ceremony concluded with the presentation of the Antonio Tsialas '19 Leadership Award by Flavia Tomasello and John Tsialas, Antonio's parents, to Ellie Feldman '27. Just before, Ava Crowley '27 received the Princeton Service Award, and Shai Waizbrot '27 received the College of William and Mary Leadership Award.

Find all of the award winners below:

Performing Arts

Ella Adler ’27 Excellence in Dance Award: Eleni Kontopoulos ’27
Louis Armstrong Jazz Award: Antonio Andrade ’27

English

Dan Leslie Bowden Award: Caden Carruthers ’28
Excellence in Literary Research Award: Isla Dua ’27

History and Social Sciences

Excellence in American History: Alex Tevelow ’28
Excellence in Historical Research: Aly Kaplan ’28

World Languages

Excellence in Chinese: Sienna Bautista ’27
Pierre Cameron Award for Excellence in French: Edmond de la Valette ’27
Excellence in Portuguese: Emma Fayad ’27
Excellence in Spanish: Katy Elgarresta ’27

Mathematics

Lois B. Styles Excellence in Math Award: Sophia Thompson ’27
Excellence in Statistics Award: Jacci Zhang ’27

Science

Excellence in Chemistry: Michael Sharp ’27

Eleventh Grade Awards

Diversity & Inclusion Core Value Award: Juli Salvat ’27
Honor & Excellence Core Value Award: Lucas Lafosse-Marin ’27
Joy & Wellbeing Core Value Award: Anji Gupta ’27
Service & Outreach Core Value Award: Sukhari Afflick ’27
Support & Community Core Value Award: Ella Arnold ’27
Faculty Emeritus Award: Clemen Bergoderi ’27

College Book Awards

Bowdoin College: Juliana Kaye ’27
Brandeis University: Myla Zuckerman ’27
Brown University: Chloe Steinberg ’27
Columbia University: Sabine Wolfensberger ’27
Dartmouth College: Noa Garcia ’27
George Mason Honors College: Luisa Duarte ’27
Harvard University: Lucas Sanchez ’27
Haverford College: Ethan Perlyn ’27
Hollins University (Creative Writing): Victoria de Vera ’27
Hollins University (Mary Beth Award for Science): Caitlyn White ’27
Johns Hopkins University: Matilda Barrack ’27
M.I.T.: Sebastian Mendez ’27
Northwestern University: Simone Carrasco ’27
Rensselaer Medal: Annie Minick ’27
St. Michael’s College: Winston Hosford ’27
Suffolk University: Reisha Yavagal ’27
Tulane University: Gabrielle Tchira ’27
University of Chicago: Ella Wang ’27
University of Pennsylvania: Mateo Delgado ’27
University of Rochester (Bausch & Lomb): Ethan Moskovitz ’27
University of Rochester (Frederick Douglass & Susan B. Anthony): Sloane Mason ’27
University of Rochester (George Eastman Young Leaders): Olivia Gomez ’27
University of Rochester (Xerox Award): Nico Castillo ’27
University of Virginia: Juliana Hommen ’27
Yale University: Samuel Francisco Bussel-Alonso ’27

Tenth Grade Awards

Diversity & Inclusion Core Value Award: Austyn Doris ’28
Honor & Excellence Core Value Award: Noelle Dubose ’28
Joy & Wellbeing Core Value Award: Allegra Orlofsky ’28
Service & Outreach Core Value Award: Aleko Katsoufis ’28
Support & Community Core Value Award: Lucas Noblet ’28
Outstanding Scholarship, Character and Leadership: Daniel Depass-Jurberg ’28 and Andrea Medina ’28

Ninth Grade Awards

Diversity & Inclusion Core Value Award: Esha Nagalla ’29
Honor & Excellence Core Value Award: Julia Bernstein ’29
Joy & Wellbeing Core Value Award: Gillian Carvalho ’29
Service & Outreach Core Value Award: Aziza Apara ’29
Support & Community Core Value Award: Cole Durham ’29
Damien Kaminski ’89 Award: Izaiah Afflick ’29
Ann Goesel Everglades School Award: Dottie Spencer-Funchion ’29

Service and Leadership Awards

College of William and Mary Leadership Award: Shai Waizbrot ’27
Princeton Service Award: Ava Crowley ’27
Antonio Tsialas ’19 Leadership Award: Ellie Feldman ’27
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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. It is rated the top private school in Miami and among the 10 private schools in North America. 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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