Ransom Everglades School

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Ransom Everglades Upper School's Harry H. Anderson Gymnasium

Ransom Everglades School is an independent, non-profit, co-educational, college-preparatory day school serving grades six to twelve in Coconut Grove in Miami, Florida, United States. It was formed with the merger in 1974 of the Everglades School for Girls and the Ransom School for Boys.<ref name="Klepser 2002 p.59">Klepser (2002) p.59</ref>

The school is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools, the College Entrance Examination Board, the Global Online Academy, and the Mastery Transcript Consortium, among other educational organizations.Template:Citation needed

History

Paul C. Ransom, an educator and New York lawyer, opened Pine Knot Camp in 1896 as a school for boys in Coconut Grove. In 1902 Ransom constructed a campus in the Adirondacks of New York to create the Adirondack-Florida School, the first migratory boarding school. Ransom emphasized a curriculum based on experiential learning. Students attended classes on the Florida campus in the winter and on the New York campus in fall and spring.<ref>Klepser (2002) p.58</ref><ref name="Parks and Munroe 2004 p. 131">Parks and Munroe (2004) p. 131</ref> 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.<ref>Klepser (2002) p. 59</ref><ref>Blanc (1979) pp. 58-59 and p. 84.</ref> The Ransom School for Boys changed from a boarding to a day school in 1972;<ref>Blanc (1979) p. 95.</ref> Its counterpart, the Everglades School for Girls, began in 1955 founded by Marie B. Swenson.<ref>Lovejoy (1969) p.41</ref> The schools merged and adopted the current name in 1974.

Ransom Everglades has partnerships with organizations such as Breakthrough Miami,<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref> St. Alban's Child Enrichment Center, Booker T. Washington High School,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> ARC of South Florida,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> MUVE and the Reclamation Project.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After an earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010, students at Ransom Everglades raised almost $30,000 in relief funds.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Campuses

The school occupies two campuses. The "Upper School" (Ransom Campus) serves grades nine through twelve and is located on Main Highway 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.<ref name="Parks and Munroe 2004 p. 131"/> The original site of the Everglades School for Girls is now the "Middle School" campus (Everglades Campus), serving grades six through eight and located on South Bayshore Drive, about one and a half miles from the Upper School.

Three early twentieth century buildings still stand on the Ransom campus. The pagoda was built in 1902.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Once the whole school, the building serves as the Head of School's office, an event and study space, and faculty offices. In 1973, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="Klepser 2002 p.59"/><ref name="Parks and Munroe 2004 p. 131"/><ref>Historic Preservation Miami web site article on the Ransom School pagoda</ref> Like the Pagoda, the "Ransom Cottage" is on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1906, the cottage has been used as the infirmary, the Headmaster's residence, and the band room. Restored in 1998, now the cottage is a conference room and meeting space.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In June 2016, Ransom Everglades acquired the La Brisa property adjacent to the Ransom Campus. The 6.9-acre campus includes a restored 1920s home that sits 23 feet above sea level.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> According to Penny Townsend, the then-Head of School, the acquisition of the campus would allow the school to "improve [its] facilities, add vital greenspace and continue [its] long tradition of respecting, protecting and learning from the treasures of Old Florida and Miami's precious coastal ecosystems."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Athletics

The school has an athletic program with over 70 teams among 18 interscholastic sports.<ref>Peterson's (2008) p.482</ref> Ransom Everglades has fielded state championship teams in water polo (2014, 2015, 2016, 2019),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> soccer (2015, 2016),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> tennis (2014, 2018),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and volleyball (2013).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Notable alumni

References

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Bibliography

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  • Blanc, Giulio, editor. Ransom Everglades; Reflections of a School, 1893-1978. Miami: Banyan Books (1979)
  • Headley, Gwyn (1996) Architectural Follies in America. Template:ISBN
  • Klepser, Carolyn and Arva Moore Parks (2002) Miami Then and Now (Then & Now). Thunder Bay Press, Template:ISBN
  • 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. Template:ISBN
  • Pincus, Laura and Arva Moore Parks. (2003) Honor & Excellence: A Century Of Ransom Everglades School. Centennial Press, Template:ISBN
  • Parks, Avra Moore and Munroe, Ralph (2004) The Forgotten Frontier: Florida Through the Lens of Ralph Middleton Munroe. Template:ISBN
  • Plasencia, Alex (2011) "A History of West Coconut Grove from 1925: Slum Clearance, Concrete Monsters, and the Dichotomy of East and West Coconut Grove". Clemson University: Tiger Prints Template:ISBN [1]

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