School children enjoy St. Alban's Day on both campuses

12/5/2025

A winter wonderland and doting RE students greeted hundreds of children from nine elementary schools who arrived at Ransom Everglades’ campuses on December 5 to experience one of school’s most beloved traditions: the annual St. Alban’s Day festivities. Guided by their RE student buddies, the tiny visitors wandered through campuses that were bedecked for the season and stocked with holiday-themed activities including train rides (the Polar Express), cookie decorating, visits with Santa, carol singing and artificial snow.

St. Alban’s Day originated at the Everglades School for Girls and continued at Ransom Everglades after the merger with the Ransom School in 1975. Sophomores plan and oversee the event at the upper school under the direction of faculty members Emily Aungst and Beatriz Marques. RE’s Middle School Dean of Student Activities Lenny Castaneda coordinates at the middle school.

The event includes many special touches: Goodie backpacks for RE’s guests, face painting, letters to Santa, a firetruck arrival for Santa, a gingerbread house, holiday movies and performances, and a police officer on horseback.

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Joyful upper school guides with a student visitor
Upper school student guides arrive with visiting students
Student photographer captures young visitor's visit with Santa in the Pagoda
Santa arrived on a fire truck at the upper school to a warm welcome from visiting students
Santa was greeted with hugs and smiles
Train rides delighted both visiting and RE students
Smiles and waves as the train departs for a ride around campus
Middle school students donned delightful costumes
Young visitors and their guides at the middle school
Snow is always a fun adventure at the middle school
Pete Di Pace, Rachel Rodgriguez and David Clark '86 are joined by middle school students and young visitors
Middle school students dance with visitors
Snow globes brought smiles to many faces at the upper school
Cookie decorating activity at the middle school
The student photography team with Santa and photography teacher Matt Stock
Visitors wrote and mailed letters to Santa at the upper school
Happy RE and visiting students
RE and visiting students
Train rides delighted both visiting and RE students
Visits from a horse and Santa added to the festivities

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Middle School

2045 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Phone: 305 250 6850

Upper School

3575 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Phone: 305 460 8800

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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.

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RE founder Paul Ransom, circa 1903

School children enjoy St. Alban's Day on both campuses

Middle School

Upper School

Accreditations and Memberships