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Ransom Everglades School

"A History of Honor & Excellence"

Headmaster Ellen Moceri
Founded 1903
Founder(s) Paul C. Ransom & Marie B. Swenson
School Type Private, Independent
Religious Affiliation(s) None
Location Coconut Grove, Florida, U.S.
Grades 6-12
Enrollment 1069 (2010–11)
Average Class Size 14.3
Campus Suburban
Mascot Raiders
Colors Mossy Green and Columbia Blue
Rival(s) Gulliver Preparatory School
Website

Ransom Everglades is an independent, non-profit, co-educational, college-preparatory day school serving grades six to twelve in Coconut Grove in Miami, Florida. It formed with the merger in 1974 of the Everglades School for Girls and the Ransom School for Boys. It's described as a college preparatory school and 100% of Ransom Everglades' students attend a four-year institution after graduation.

Admission is competitive and tuition costs $28,400 per year (2011-12). Financial aid is available. Graduating classes tend to number between 140 and 160 students (2007-2010 average: 142); approximately 85% continue onto out-of-state colleges and universities. Despite its size, the school has a comprehensive athletic program with over 70 teams among 18 interscholastic sports. Over 90% of the student body participates in team sports.

Ransom Everglades is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Independent Schools and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Membership is held in the Southern and National Associations for College Admission Counseling, the National Association of Independent Schools, and the College Entrance Examination Board, among others.

History

Paul C. Ransom, an educator and New York lawyer, opened Pine Knot Camp in 1896 as a school for boys. In 1902 he combined that with a campus in the Adirondacks of New York to create the Adirondack-Florida School, the first two-campus boarding school. Students would attend classes in the Florida campus in the winter and New York campus in fall and spring. The school suspended operations during World War II. After the war the school reopened in 1947. In 1949 the Adirondack campus was shut down and the school continued in Coconut Grove as the Ransom School for Boys. Ransom School changed from a boarding to a day school in 1972. Its counterpart, the Everglades School for Girls, began in 1955 founded by Marie B. Swenson. The schools merged and took its current name in 1974.

One of the early buildings still stands on the campus, the pagoda was built in 1902 and served as the original assembly hall for the school. In more recent years it has served as the headmaster's office. It's often featured in historic pictures of South Miami, and in 1973 was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Campuses

The school occupies two campuses. The Upper School serves grades nine through twelve and is located on the shore of Biscayne Bay, the site of the original Pine Knot Camp. This makes it the oldest South Florida school still in its original location. The Middle School serves grades six through eight and is about one and a half miles from the Upper School. It is not located on the water but is in a residential neighborhood and a mile away from the restaurants and shops of Coconut Grove. It is also the original site of the Everglades School for Girls.

Notable Alumni

References

Notes
  1. ^ Klepser (2002) p.59
  2. "Petersons". Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  3. "Ransom Everglades School". Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  4. Peterson's (2008) p.482
  5. Klepser (2002) p.58
  6. ^ Parks and Munroe (2004) p. 131
  7. Klepser (2002) p. 59
  8. Blanc (1979) pp. 58-59 and p. 84.
  9. Blanc (1979) p. 95.
  10. Lovejoy (1969) p.41
  11. Headley (1996) p. 19
  12. Historic Preservation Miami web site article on the Ransom School pagoda
  13. Blanc (1979) pp. 22.
  14. Liles, (1996) p. 30.
  15. "Ferdinand W. Roebling, Jr". The Roebling Story at the Invention Factory. 2002. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  16. Butch Brickell obituary
  17. Historicracing.com biography
  18. "South Florida Water Management District". 2007. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
  19. ^ Ransom-Everglades School. Alumni Directory 1981.
  20. Newsbull Jeff Lindsay Interview
  21. Daz biography for Mike Malinin
  22. Official Season 5 So You Think You Can Dance Blog profiling the top 20 contestants
  23. My Reality Television article about Jeanine Mason
  24. www.fihe.org
  25. Blanc (1979) p. 42.
  26. Cardiff University biography for Arlene Sierra
  27. Sridhar bio
  28. The Hindu (January 2004) On the road to success
  29. The Miami Hurricane Youngest Ever Rhodes scholar Prepares for Future
  30. Oxendine Publishing UM student does it all
  31. Jordi Vilasuso biography at Soapcentral.com
  32. Nee, Eric (2006) Stanford Lawyer Winter 2006 Issue
  33. Williams online biography
  34. Nicholas Winset termination
Bibliography
  • Blanc, Giulio, editor. Ransom Everglades; Reflections of a School, 1893-1978. Miami: Banyan Books (1979)
  • Headley, Gwyn (1996) Architectural Follies in America. ISBN 0-471-14362-6
  • Klepser, Carolyn and Arva Moore Parks (2002) Miami Then and Now (Then & Now). Thunder Bay Press, ISBN 1-57145-852-2
  • Liles, Harriet, editor. Miami Diary 1896. (no place, no publisher) (1996)
  • Lovejoy, Clarence Earle (1963) Lovejoy's Prep School Guide
  • Peterson's (2008) Private Secondary Schools 2008. ISBN 0-7689-2399-9
  • Pincus, Laura and Arva Moore Parks. (2003) Honor & Excellence: A Century Of Ransom Everglades School. Centennial Press, ISBN 0-9741589-1-7
  • Parks, Avra Moore and Munroe, Ralph (2004) The Forgotten Frontier: Florida Through the Lens of Ralph Middleton Munroe. ISBN 0-9741589-2-5

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