Middle school toy drive benefits nearly 100 children

Nearly 100 Coconut Grove children roamed through aisles of donated toys and books at Christ Episcopal Church, selecting favorites at the annual Ransom Everglades Middle School holiday giving event on Dec. 7. RE students donated the items and then volunteered, setting up the toys and escorting the visiting children.

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The event concluded with a raffle of more than 10 bikes and other large items. Members of the girls’ middle school soccer team helped deliver the toys on Dec. 6. Many parents assisted with the set up and clean up.
 
Started by former teacher and admission official Betty Park and Carlos Medina 30 years ago, this Ransom Everglades Middle School tradition has been continued by faculty members Maria Eugenia Abrante and Ramona Miller. The many volunteers included:

Students
Francisco Gomez Rivas-Vazquez '24
Tariq Maduro '26
Elena Castrillon '26
Luke Jaffee '26
Charlie Sender '26
Isabel Chong '24
Carolina Font '24
Sydney Katz '26
Jacob Katz '24
Jackson Langer '24
Anna Lavernia '25
Carlos Lavernia '26
Bridget Mestepey '26
Olivia Noblet '26
Jake Perdigon '24
Vicky Pinilla '25
Scarlett Sable '24
Amelia Tovar Espasas '24
Ana Maria Tovar '23
Elsa Trebotich '26
Luca Trebotich '23
Pablo Rodriguez-Russowsky '23
Diego de Lope '23
Eleonora Cavallini '23
Annabel Kaplan '26
Ellie Stokes '26
Ryan Alesandro '26
Holly Alesandro '23
Angela Dula '23
Alexandra Leiser '24
Isabella Leiser '23
Mateo Sauceda '26
Hailey Holland '26
Max Feldman '26
Eliana Silberwasser '26
Mackenzie Buckner '24
Eliza Arnold '24
Anders Holly '24
Luciana Pardo Munoz Ledo '24
 
Alumni
Karina Gonzalez '15

Teachers 
Cameron Ferguson
Greg Noblet
Flavia Araripe
Frances Alexander
Ali Fisher
Bobbie Bassuk
Rachel Rodriguez
Alicia Oberstein - currently substitute, former teacher
JP Arrastia
Gustavo Palacios
Joe Supple
Barb Share
Ginny Onorati
Pete DiPace
Ramona Miller
Maria Eugenia Abrante
 
Also many parents, church members and RE's facilities team assisted
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2045 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133
Phone: 305 250 6850

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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.