Retiring teachers receive sign surprises
When Ransom Everglades' four retiring faculty members answered their doors on May 29, they were greeted by grinning students bearing bags of gifts and congratulatory signs. The students partnered with the Ransom Everglades Parents' Association to recognize departing English teacher Mike Townsend (44 years in teaching, five at RE); world languages teacher Maria del Carmen Naranjo (18 years at RE); world languages teacher Guillermo Urbina (28 years at RE); and physical education teacher and coach Penny Matthews (34 years at RE).
The goodies included a book, dry-fit polo with the REtired logo, an RE pen and, for a laugh or two, REtirement Papers (a roll of toilet paper). Ali Murray '23, Alexa Hommen '22, Daniel Mendoza '21 and Shellie Perdigon, REPA's staff liaison, assisted with the surprise deliveries. RE parent Neto Mendoza created the signs, which stated that "A truly great teacher is hard to find and impossible to forget!"
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2045 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133Phone: 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.