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Brown-Urmeneta '24 elected to SGA presidency

Upper school students elected James Brown-Urmeneta '24 as the new president of the Student Government Association, choosing him to replace departing president Loriz Arencibia '23. A member of the crew team, Portuguese and Lusophone Club and Health Information Project (HIP), Brown-Urmeneta promised classmates he would be an active listener, extension of their ideas and bridge between students and the school administration.
"We, the Ransom Everglades community, have been gaining momentum," Brown-Urmeneta said. "Like my physics teacher says, when something has been building momentum, it’s going to be hard to stop, and I want to be the catalyst for our growth. My goal is to enhance student involvement and engagement with the school in order to create a compassionate community that truly aims to be part of Paul Ransom's 'third class.'" 

Brown-Urmeneta, also a teaching assistant at Breakthrough Miami, will be joined on the SGA by nine other rising seniors and an additional 25 students from the 9th, 10th, and 11th grades. They will work with the assistance of advisor Jorge Guzman.

2023-24 Student Government Association

President 
James Brown-Urmeneta '24

Class of 2024 Representatives
Alex Tong '24
Thomas Crowley '24
Varun Raju '24
Kaitlyn Gonzalez '24
Mackenzie Buckner '24
Francisco Gomez Rivas-Vazquez '24
Diana Gonzalez '24
Carlos Guajardo '24
Teymoor Siahpoosh '24
 
Class of 2025 Representatives
Hannah Zuckerman '25
Mia Bouyoucef '25
Ali Feghi '25
Carlos Horcasitas '25
Sirja Joeveer '25
Max Salomon '25
Todd Malone '25
Andrew Gedde '25
Ethan Sullivan '25
Solon Sun '25

Class of 2026 Representatives
Luke Jaffee '26
John McCarron '26
Stella Newman '26
Max Feldman '26
Reese Jackson '26
Ana Gonzalez '26
Lola Pegg '26
Eduardo de Sabrit '26
Charlotte Gould '26
Juan Velazco '26

Class of 2027 Representatives
Samuel Bussel-Alonso '27
Kathryn Elgarresta '27
Diego Lopez-Oña '27
Lilah Murphy '27
Myla Zuckerman '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. 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.