Ransom Everglades

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Ransom Everglades School

School type	Private, Independent
Religious affiliation	None
Opened	1903
Location	Coconut Grove, Florida, USA
Enrollment 2006-2007	900 students
Grades	6-12
Campus surroundings	Urban
School Mascot	Raider
School colors	Mossy Green and Columbia Blue
School Hours	7:45 AM to 3:15 PM 7:45 AM to 2:43 PM on Wednesdays
Average Class Size	12.8
Athletic Rival	Gulliver Preparatory School

Ransom Everglades is an independent, co-educational day school serving grades six to twelve in Coconut Grove, Florida. It formed with the merger in 1974 of the Everglades School for Girls and the Ransom School for Boys. [Klepser (2002) p.59] It's described as a college preparatory school and has a higher than average college matriculation rate for graduates.facts|date=January 2008

Admissions is competitive and tuition costs approximately $22,500 per year. [Peterson's (2008) pp.482-483] Financial aid is available. Graduating classes tend to number between 115 and 150 students; most continue onto out of state colleges and universities.facts|date=January 2008 Despite its size, the school has a comprehensive athletic program including twenty two sports. [Peterson's (2008) p.482]

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. [Klepser (2002) p.58] The school suspended operations during World War II. After the war the school reopened in 1947 without the Adirondack campus, continuing in Coconut Grove as the Ransom School for Boys. [Klepser (2002) p. 59] [Parks and Munroe (2004) p. 131] [Blanc. Ransom Everglades; Reflections of a School, 1893-1978 (1979) pp. 58-59.] Its counterpart, the Everglades School for Girls, began in 1955 founded by Marie B. Swenson. [Lovejoy (1969) p.41] 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. [Headley (1996) p. 19] 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. [ [http://www.historicpreservationmiami.com/pagoda.html Historic Preservation Miami web site article on the Ransom School pagoda] ] [Klepser (2002) p.59] [Parks and Munroe (2004) p. 131]

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 in its original location. [Parks and Munroe (2004) p. 131] 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.

Notable Alumni

* Ferdinand W. Roebling, Jr. - Industrialist. First graduate. [Blanc. Ransom Everglades; Reflections of a School, 1893-1978 (1979) pp. 22.] [Liles, Harriet. Miami Diary 1896 (1996) p. 30.]
* Marc Fein - Sports broadcasterfacts|date=January 2008
* Mike Malinin - Drummer for the Goo Goo Dolls since 1995. [ [http://daz.com/artists/Mike%20Malinin.html Daz biography for Mike Malinin] ]
* Stuart A. Miller - President of the Lennar Corporation. [Ransom-Everglades School. Alumni Directory 1981.]
* Devi Sridhar - Youngest American Rhodes Scholar (at age 18) since creation of award. [ [http://www6.miami.edu/veritas/feb2003/fp/fpstory2.html Sridhar bio] ] [ [http://www.hindu.com/yw/2004/01/17/stories/2004011700120200.htm The Hindu (January 2004) "On the road to success"] ] [ [http://media.www.thehurricaneonline.com/media/storage/paper479/news/2003/01/17/News/Youngest.Rhodes.Scholar.Is.An.AllAround.Achiever-346577.shtml The Miami Hurricane "Youngest Rhodes scholar on way to success"] ] [ [http://www.floridaleader.com/Floridas_Finest_7-2003.htm Oxendine Publishing "UM student does it all"] ]
* Carlos Watson - Television host [ [http://www.law.stanford.edu/publications/stanford_lawyer/issues/74/sl74_FromSiliconValleyCNN.pdf Nee, Eric (2006) Stanford Lawyer Winter 2006 Issue] ]
* Eugene Williams, Jr. - Former child actor, writer, educator, and motivational speaker [ [http://www.theblackmarket.com/ProfilesInBlack/Williams.htm Williams online biography] ]
* Sloan Wilson - Author [Ransom-Everglades School. Alumni Directory 1981.]

Nearby Comparable Schools

*Belen Jesuit
*Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart
*Gulliver Preparatory School
*Palmer Trinity School
*La Salle High School
*Our Lady of Lourdes Academy

References

* Headley, Gwyn (1996) "Architectural Follies in America" ISBN 0471143626
* Klepser, Carolyn and Arva Moore Parks (2002) "Miami Then and Now (Then & Now)" Thunder Bay Press, ISBN 1571458522
* Lovejoy, Clarence Earle (1963) "Lovejoy's Prep School Guide"
* Peterson's (2008) "Private Secondary Schools 2008" ISBN 0768923999
* Pincus, Laura and Arva Moore Parks. (2003) "Honor & Excellence: A Century Of Ransom Everglades School." Centennial Press, ISBN 0974158917
* Parks, Avra Moore and Munroe, Ralph (2004) "The Forgotten Frontier: Florida Through the Lens of Ralph Middleton Munroe" ISBN 0974158925

External links

* [http://bestof.miaminewtimes.com/bestof/award.php?award=120454 2006 Best Private School awarded by Miami New Times]
* [http://www.buntingandlyon.com/detail.asp?ID=245 Bunting and Lyons private school directory entry]
* [http://schools.privateschoolsreport.com/Florida/CoconutGrove/RansomEvergladesSchool.html Privateschoolsreport.com statistics]
* [http://www.ransomeverglades.org/pages/tradition/history.html Ransom Everglades School history web page]