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Class of 2029 sent up to the upper school

The Class of 2029 was “sent up” to the upper school during an evening event at the Lewis Family Auditorium that featured a class roll call, special awards and student performances. The eighth graders said goodbye to their middle school days on May 30 as more than two dozen awards were presented, interspersed with performances by the eighth-grade strings ensemble, the advanced band, a musical theatre group and a poetry recitation.
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Major awards were presented at the end of the ceremony; Cole Durham ’29 received the Ransom Cup and Esha Nagalla ’29, the Swenson Cup. Ella Griffin ’29 claimed the Faculty Award, and Rebecca Haywood ’29 and Ivan LeFrak ’29 were each named Scholar Athlete. The core value awards went to Karina McMahon '29 (Joy & Wellbeing), Sofiya Dewan '29 (Honor & Excellence), Izaiah Afflick '29 (Service & Outreach), Ava Paresky '29 (Support & Community) and Sydney Forrester '29 (Diversity & Inclusion).

The students heard from Head of School Rachel Rodriguez and Head of the Middle School Pete Di Pace, and Griffin, the student government leader, offered an address to her classmates filled with reminiscences.  
 
“We’ve had three spectacular, challenging, and fun years at the middle school,” she said. “We’ve grown academically in the pursuit of knowledge. We’ve grown in athletics, surpassing ourselves. And we’ve grown in our friendships, building lifelong bonds with our peers … We embody the Ransom Everglades Way – we live these values every day: we support each other as a community, we engage in open-minded discussion where all opinions are heard, and we strive for excellence.”

Gabriela Horvilleur '29 and Matthew Pomeraniec '29 read the class roll call.

The ceremony also recognized faculty with significant years-of-service anniversaries:
  • 10 years: Eryn Robinson and Florencia Gonzalez
  • 15 years: Cecilia Gonzalez and Jody Salzinger
  • 20 years: Gregory Noblet
  • 25 years: Cathryn Leibinger
  • 30 years: Michelle Mondell
  • 40 years: Joseph Mauro
Send-up Awards
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Student Name
Performance Awards
 
Physical Education Award
Eitan Carrasco '29
Physical Education Award
Dorothy Spencer-Funchion '29
Visual Arts Award
Georgia Bush '29
Dance Award
Bruna Damato '29
Strings Award
Gillian Carvalho '29
Band Award
Alexander Lombard '29
Chorus Award
Sidney Schwartz '29
Drama Award
Tula Thompson '29
Piper Bonnell Award
Benjamin Brandrick-Morris '29
Musical Theatre Award
Harper Harris '29
Academic Awards
 
Lois B. Styles Award for Excellence in Mathematics
Trevor Thomas '29
Lois B. Styles Award for Excellence in Mathematics
Julia Bernstein '29
George Kasyan Award for Excellence in Science
Raif London '29
Margaret Fitzgerald and Harriet Grinnell English Award
Stella Stenstrom '29
History and Social Science Award
Julian Jelke '29
Outstanding Achievement in World Languages Awards
Spanish
Karim Ghandour '29
Portuguese
Arthur Veloso '29
Chinese
Olivia Pollock '29
French
Marina Weber '29
School Awards
 
Joy & Wellbeing Award
Karina McMahon '29
Honor & Excellence Award
Sofiya Dewan '29
Service & Outreach Award
Izaiah Afflick '29
Support & Community Award
Ava Paresky '29
Diversity & Inclusion Award
Sydney Forrester '29
Major Awards
 
Outstanding Athlete
Landon Elfenbein '29
Outstanding Athlete
Gillian Carvalho '29
Scholar Athlete
Ivan LeFrak '29
Scholar Athlete
Rebecca Haywood '29
Faculty Award
Ella Griffin '29
Ransom Cup
Cole Durham '29
Swenson Cup
Esha Nagalla '29

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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.