Clubs and Activities

List of 9 items.

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  The House System

  On both campuses, RE "houses" are centers of student life, service and spirit activities. At the middle school, students join houses that draw inspiration from Hogwarts, school history and South Florida wildlife; the upper school houses focus on native species.
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  Spirit Week

  Spirit Weeks on both campuses pit classes together in a host of friendly competitions, from sporting events to pumpkin-carving to lip-sync and more. The week cements friendships and creates memories that are talked about for years.
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  St. Alban’s Day

  A tradition at Ransom Everglades for more than 30 years, St. Alban’s Day brings hundreds of local children from St. Alban’s Child Enrichment Center and other schools to RE’s campuses for an extraordinary winter festival that includes petting zoos, arts and crafts, face-painting, Santa Claus, cotton candy and more.
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  Thanksgiving Drives

  The annual Thanksgiving food drives for the Miami Rescue Mission (upper school) and Frankie Shannon Rolle Center (middle school) engage the entire RE student body and become centerpieces of the school's celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday, allowing students to show their gratitude and share with their Miami neighbors.
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  Everglades Experience

  For more than 30 years, freshmen at Ransom Everglades have journeyed into the Ten Thousand Islands in the Everglades for a five-day, four-night adventure that helps them bond as a class while learning useful life skills. Students leave their smartphones behind, traveling by canoe, cooking their own meals and spending nights in tents. They forever remember this special time as a class.
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  OBODOS

  Every spring at the middle school, the entire student body reads the same book and joins in a one-day celebration of reading and learning called One Book, One Day, One School (OBODOS). The annual event includes a visit from the author and a full day of activities related to the author’s work.
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  Cannon Painting

  Students have been painting RE’s 17th-century cannon for more than 50 years, using the upper school campus centerpiece to make social statements, celebrate holidays and welcome visitors.
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  Battle for the Oar

  Every fall since 1974, Ransom Everglades and Palmer Trinity School compete on the football field in a much-anticipated game that decides who take possession of an oar inscribed with the victor of each year's game. The team that wins keeps the oar until the following year.
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  The Ringing Rock

  The Ringing Rock is sounded on special occasions by students, faculty or administrators. Installed in October 2020, the sculpture was created by Coconut Grove artist Mark Handforth P'18 '21, combining oolitic limestone with a large yellow ring and tuned ship's bell.