Speech and Debate Team
The Ransom Everglades Speech and Debate (RESD) Team strives to bring out the best in students, making them confident public speakers, educating them on how to develop an argument, and providing them with the opportunity to give their voices a platform and purpose, and to use their words for action. The team also fosters a well-spoken, well-informed environment in which people are not afraid to speak up for themselves, and RESD's mission is to help students find "strength in words."
Team News
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RE students score at speech and debate states
Four Ransom Everglades students posted top finishes at the Florida Forensic League Varsity State Championships in Orlando on March 4-5. Eduardo Michelsen '25 earned fifth place in Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking, Daniela Garcia '26 and Miranda Silva '26 scored sixth place in Duo Interpretation and Andrew Gedde '25 claimed sixth in Informative Speaking.Read More -
Speech and debate scores in Philadelphia
RE's speech and debate team excelled at a national tournament in Philadelphia Feb. 10-12, as Liv Steinhardt '23 finished third in Congressional Debate; Claudia Colina '23 finished third in Program of Oral Interpretation; and Julia Cuy '25 earned sixth place in Informative Speaking. The top finishes at the 48th Annual Liberty Bell Tournament at the University of Pennsylvania were RE's best national results of the 2022-23 season.Read More -
RE speech and debate team on to states
More than three dozen RE speech and debate students advanced to the Florida state championship by finishing in the top six in their events at the Region 5 Varsity State Qualifier at North Miami High School Feb. 3-5. Ryan Berkshire '23 (Original Oratory), Eva Bricker '23 (Dramatic Interpretation of Literature), Daniela Garcia '26 and Miranda Silva '26 (Duo Interpretation of Literature), Eduardo Michelsen '25 (Extemporaneous Speaking) and Hannah Risin '25 (Improvisational Speaking) – led the great day for Ransom Everglades, finishing in first place in their events.Read More -
RESD among the top 20 programs in the nation
Ransom Everglades' speech and debate team was named one of the top 20 programs in the nation at the 2022 National Speech & Debate Tournament in Louisville, Ky., June 12-17 as five just-graduated students earned top-10 finishes in their events: Noah Gold '22 and Zach Marcus '22 finished eighth in Public Forum; Ceci Granda-Scott '22 and Nicole Rodriguez '22 claimed 10th in Public Forum; and Andre Joseph '22 earned 10th speaker of the tournament honors in World Schools Debate.Read More -
RE speech and debate wins two state titles
Ransom Everglades’ speech and debate team claimed two state titles and a host of top finishes at the Florida Forensic League Varsity State Championships in Orlando on March 5. Noah Gold ’22 and Zach Marcus ’22 topped the field in Public Forum debate as five RE students combined to win the state title in World School Debate: Anya Dua ’22, Dina Kaplan ’22, Luca Campiani ’22, Mather Davidson ’22 and Varun Raju ’24.Read More -
Speech and debate on to states and nationals
Ransom Everglades' speech and debate team qualified eight students to the National Speech and Debate Association national championship this spring and nearly four dozen students to the Florida Forensic League Varsity State Championship that will be held in Orlando in March. The strong results continued a superb season under RE coach Kate Hamm.Read More -
Ransom Everglades wins again in speech and debate
For the third time this school year, a Ransom Everglades speech and debate team won a national debate event in public forum; this time it was Sophia Rubinstein '22 and Eva Tariko '22 who finished first at the John Edie Holiday Debates hosted by The Blake School in Minneapolis December 17-20.Read More -
Seniors move to No. 1 in the nation in debate
Read MoreNoah Gold '22 and Zach Marcus '22 soared to No. 1 in the National Debate Coaches Association rankings in Public Forum after winning the online Princeton Classic on December 5, their second straight victory in a national speech and debate tournament. The pair prevailed in 12 rounds of competition in the classic, which included some 140 entries and took place just five weeks after they won the public forum title at Florida's prestigious Blue Key tournament. -
Seniors star at Blue Key speech and debate
Four RE seniors gave Ransom Everglades one of its best weekends in speech and debate in recent memory: Noah Gold ’22 and Zach Marcus ’22 earned co-champion honors in Varsity Public Forum at the virtual Florida Blue Key Speech and Debate Tournament October 29-31, and they were joined by Sophia Rubinstein ’22 and Eva Tariko ’22 among the top eight speakers at the prestigious tournament that drew teams from around the nation. The four seniors also earned full bids to the end-of-season Tournament of Champions April 23-25 in Lexington, Ken.Read More -
Speech and debate students move on to nationals
Ten RE speech and debate students qualified for the Catholic Forensic League Grand Nationals, which will take place over Memorial Day weekend. At the South Florida Catholic Forensic League Grand Finals March 13, Jessica Weinstein '22 led RE finishers with a first place in dramatic interpretation as Varun Raju '24 and Thomas Crowley '24 placed second in public forum.Read More
Meanwhile, RE also excelled at the Florida Forensic League Novice State Championship Tournament, a virtual event that took place from April 10-11. Ten Raiders posted top finishes after working closely with varsity team members and coach Kate Hamm to prepare for what is a cherished event on the season's calendar.
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Student Leaders
President: Max Salomon '25
Vice-President: Kayra Serpenguzel '25
Scribe: Hannah Risin '25
Service Coordinator:
Vice-President: Kayra Serpenguzel '25
Scribe: Hannah Risin '25
Service Coordinator:
Roster
Abboud, Noa '24
Alesandro, Ryan '26
Alfonso, Chloe '24
Alfonso, Connor '26
Almazan, Avery '26
Alves de Lima, Beatriz '26
Balson, Vanessa '26
Barlick, Armando '26
Bhagwan, Kamran '25
Bhandari, Anya '25
Bidermann, Sacha '26
Blanco, Lucas '24
Blanco, Matias '25
Bouyoucef, Mia '25
Brandwayn, Ephram '26
Brue, Nora '25
Buchman, Drea '26
Capote, Vale '26
Carrillo, Marley '25
Castrillon, Elena '26
Cedeno, Valeria '24
Chopp, Dana '26
Cobas, Natalia '25
Colina, Claudia '25
Cooper, Sara '26
Crowley, Ella '26
Crowley, Thomas '24
Cuy, Julia '25
Darcangelo, Daniella '24
de Lope, Patricio '25
de Sabrit, Eduardo '26
del Canal Fernandez, Carlos '25
Demos-Brown, Jillian '25
Do Valle, Gustavo '26
Dubovy, Chase '25
Escoto Cordova, Mia '25
Farinas, Victor '24
Feghhi, Ali '25
Feldman, Logan '24
Feldman, Max '26
Feldman, Rex '25
Ferrentino, Haile '25
Ferrer, Rebecca '24
Fishman, Jonah '25
Fonseca, Renee '25
Fox, Ian '24
Friedman, Matthew '26
Gallagher, Julianne '26
Garcia, Daniela '26
Garmendia, Ewa '26
Gedde, Andrew '25
Gershman, Reed '26
Girala, Briana '25
Goff, Michael '26
Gomez, Nohan '25
Gonzalez, Ana Lourdes '26
Gould, Charlotte '26
Griffin, John (Wes) '26
Harris, Pierce '26
He, Jack '25
Jackson, Tyira '24
Jiang, Angela '26
Kaiser, Oliver '26
Kamlani, Zubin '25
Kaplan, Kenzie '25
Karsenti, Gabriel '26
Alesandro, Ryan '26
Alfonso, Chloe '24
Alfonso, Connor '26
Almazan, Avery '26
Alves de Lima, Beatriz '26
Balson, Vanessa '26
Barlick, Armando '26
Bhagwan, Kamran '25
Bhandari, Anya '25
Bidermann, Sacha '26
Blanco, Lucas '24
Blanco, Matias '25
Bouyoucef, Mia '25
Brandwayn, Ephram '26
Brue, Nora '25
Buchman, Drea '26
Capote, Vale '26
Carrillo, Marley '25
Castrillon, Elena '26
Cedeno, Valeria '24
Chopp, Dana '26
Cobas, Natalia '25
Colina, Claudia '25
Cooper, Sara '26
Crowley, Ella '26
Crowley, Thomas '24
Cuy, Julia '25
Darcangelo, Daniella '24
de Lope, Patricio '25
de Sabrit, Eduardo '26
del Canal Fernandez, Carlos '25
Demos-Brown, Jillian '25
Do Valle, Gustavo '26
Dubovy, Chase '25
Escoto Cordova, Mia '25
Farinas, Victor '24
Feghhi, Ali '25
Feldman, Logan '24
Feldman, Max '26
Feldman, Rex '25
Ferrentino, Haile '25
Ferrer, Rebecca '24
Fishman, Jonah '25
Fonseca, Renee '25
Fox, Ian '24
Friedman, Matthew '26
Gallagher, Julianne '26
Garcia, Daniela '26
Garmendia, Ewa '26
Gedde, Andrew '25
Gershman, Reed '26
Girala, Briana '25
Goff, Michael '26
Gomez, Nohan '25
Gonzalez, Ana Lourdes '26
Gould, Charlotte '26
Griffin, John (Wes) '26
Harris, Pierce '26
He, Jack '25
Jackson, Tyira '24
Jiang, Angela '26
Kaiser, Oliver '26
Kamlani, Zubin '25
Kaplan, Kenzie '25
Karsenti, Gabriel '26
Katz, Jacob '24
Katz, Sydney '26
Keedy-Brown, Christine '24
Keedy-Brown, Patrick '26
Khvorostiana, Kateryna '25
Lamnin, Harrison '25
Langer, Blake '26
Lavernia, Anna Sofia '25
Li, Robert '26
Linfield, Sophia '26
Lopez, Francesca '24
Luchsinger, Carlos '26
Luzine, Veronica '26
Macias, Enrique '26
Malone, Todd (TJ) '25
Manna, Maxwell '24
Tyler Marcus '26
Martinez, David '25
Matos, Raul '26
McAliley, Ava '26
Mederos, Michael '25
Medina, Alicia '26
Mena, Gerardo '24
Mendelson, Daniel '25
Merlo-Garzon, Joaquin '24
Mestepey, Bridget '26
Michelsen, Eduardo '25
Miki, Annabella '25
Newman, Stella '26
Page, Lauren '24
Pardo Munoz Ledo, Luciana '25
Pegg, Nathaniel '26
Pegg, Quinton '26
Pena, Constantino '26
Perdigon, Jake '24
Pinnar, Antonia '25
Raju, Varun '24
Risin, Hannah '25
Rouillard, Sophie '24
Rua, Sofia '24
Russoniello, Alexandra '26
Salomon, Max '25
Schiff, Cianna '25
Sepin, Riley '25
Serpenguzel, Kayra '25
Silberwasser, Eliana '26
Silva, Miranda '26
Sotero, Elisa '24
Sun, Solon '25
Sundheim, Brody '26
Talluri, Sindhu '25
Tsialas, Christopher '26
Valles, Theo '25
Villaraos, Ian '26
West, Bryan '26
Yang, Yuanjin (Adaya) '25
Zaldivar, Chloe '26
Zhou, Minnie '26
Zoi, Mike '24
Katz, Sydney '26
Keedy-Brown, Christine '24
Keedy-Brown, Patrick '26
Khvorostiana, Kateryna '25
Lamnin, Harrison '25
Langer, Blake '26
Lavernia, Anna Sofia '25
Li, Robert '26
Linfield, Sophia '26
Lopez, Francesca '24
Luchsinger, Carlos '26
Luzine, Veronica '26
Macias, Enrique '26
Malone, Todd (TJ) '25
Manna, Maxwell '24
Tyler Marcus '26
Martinez, David '25
Matos, Raul '26
McAliley, Ava '26
Mederos, Michael '25
Medina, Alicia '26
Mena, Gerardo '24
Mendelson, Daniel '25
Merlo-Garzon, Joaquin '24
Mestepey, Bridget '26
Michelsen, Eduardo '25
Miki, Annabella '25
Newman, Stella '26
Page, Lauren '24
Pardo Munoz Ledo, Luciana '25
Pegg, Nathaniel '26
Pegg, Quinton '26
Pena, Constantino '26
Perdigon, Jake '24
Pinnar, Antonia '25
Raju, Varun '24
Risin, Hannah '25
Rouillard, Sophie '24
Rua, Sofia '24
Russoniello, Alexandra '26
Salomon, Max '25
Schiff, Cianna '25
Sepin, Riley '25
Serpenguzel, Kayra '25
Silberwasser, Eliana '26
Silva, Miranda '26
Sotero, Elisa '24
Sun, Solon '25
Sundheim, Brody '26
Talluri, Sindhu '25
Tsialas, Christopher '26
Valles, Theo '25
Villaraos, Ian '26
West, Bryan '26
Yang, Yuanjin (Adaya) '25
Zaldivar, Chloe '26
Zhou, Minnie '26
Zoi, Mike '24
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.