Middle Schoolers excel at National History Bowl
Ransom Everglades students finished in the top 15 in the nation in three categories at the National History Bowl's 2017 National Championship in Atlanta, Ga., June 1-3. Andres Soto '21, Javi Kumar '22, Zach Marcus '22, Leo Fein '23 and Ian Barnett '23 scored 11th in the team bowl competition, and Fein earned a 13th place in the individual bee for elementary schoolers as Kumar claimed 14th in the seventh-grade competition.
Coach Ali Fisher and nine students, including Tommy Fisher '22, Gabe Mora '22, Joseph Moskovitz ’22 and Jonathan Pollak '23, traveled to the event in Atlanta. In the team bowl, RE's 11th-place team managed a 7-2 overall record, losing in the playoffs to the eventual champion, Basis Independent School of Silicon Valley.
The students were directed throughout the 2016-17 school year by faculty member Joe Mauro.
The students were directed throughout the 2016-17 school year by faculty member Joe Mauro.
Middle School
2045 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133Phone: 305 250 6850
Upper School
3575 Main Highway, Coconut Grove, FL 33133Phone: 305 460 8800
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.