Ransom Everglades School
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| School type | Private, Independent |
| Religious affiliation | None |
| Opened | 1903 |
| Location | Coconut Grove, Miami, 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 in Miami, Florida. It formed with the merger in 1974 of the Everglades School for Girls and the Ransom School for Boys.[1] It's described as a college preparatory school and has a higher than average college matriculation rate for graduates.[citation needed]
Admissions is competitive and tuition costs approximately $22,500 per year.[2] Financial aid is available. Graduating classes tend to number between 150 and 175 students; most continue onto out of state colleges and universities.[citation needed] Despite its size, the school has a comprehensive athletic program including twenty two sports.[3]
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[edit] 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.[4][5] 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.[6][7] Ransom School changed from a boarding to a day school in 1972[8]. Its counterpart, the Everglades School for Girls, began in 1955 founded by Marie B. Swenson.[9] 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.[10] 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.[1][5][11]
[edit] 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.[5] 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.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Ferdinand W. Roebling, Jr. - Industrialist. First graduate.[12][13][14]
- Eric Buermann - Environmental activist. Chairman, South Florida Water Management District.[15][16]
- Marc Fein - Sports broadcaster[citation needed]
- Alex Fumero - Actor and writer. Producer of the Reggaeton comedy group "The Toners." Recent star in the telenovela series Más Sabe el Diablo.
- Jeff Lindsay (writer) - writer of the Darkly Dreaming Dexter series, which has been adapted into the hit television series Dexter (TV series)[17]
- Phil Lord- Film and Television writer and director
- Mike Malinin - Drummer for the Goo Goo Dolls since 1995.[18]
- Jeanine Mason - Winner of Season 5 of Fox's So You Think You Can Dance. [19][20]
- Stuart A. Miller - President of the Lennar Corporation[16]
- Jay Pierrepont Moffat - Diplomat.[16][21]
- Lithgow Osborne - Diplomat.[16]
- John H. Richardson - President of Hughes Aircraft Corporation.[16]
- Arlene Sierra - Composer. [22]
- Laurinda Spear - Founder of Arquitectonica.[16]
- Devi Sridhar - Youngest American Rhodes Scholar (at age 18) since creation of award.[23][24][25][26]
- Brian Tanen- writer for the hit television series Ugly Betty.
- W. Robert Timken. President of Timken Company.[16]
- (Andrea) Ondi Timoner- film director, only director to win Sundance Grand Jury award twice
- Jordi Vilasuso - Cuban-American award-winning soap opera actor[27]
- Carlos Watson - Television host[28]
- Bruce Weitz - Actor, best known as undercover cop Sgt. Michael "Mick" Belker in the 1980s TV series "Hill Street Blues"
- Eugene Williams, Jr. - Former child actor, writer, educator, and motivational speaker[29]
- Sloan Wilson - Author, most notable for his work The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit[16]
- Nicholas Winset - Professor terminated from Emmanuel College[30]
[edit] References
- Notes
- ^ a b Klepser (2002) p.59
- ^ Peterson's (2008) pp.482-483
- ^ Peterson's (2008) p.482
- ^ Klepser (2002) p.58
- ^ a b c Parks and Munroe (2004) p. 131
- ^ Klepser (2002) p. 59
- ^ Blanc (1979) pp. 58-59 and p. 84.
- ^ Blanc (1979) p. 95.
- ^ Lovejoy (1969) p.41
- ^ Headley (1996) p. 19
- ^ Historic Preservation Miami web site article on the Ransom School pagoda
- ^ Blanc (1979) pp. 22.
- ^ Liles, (1996) p. 30.
- ^ "Ferdinand W. Roebling, Jr.". The Roebling Story at the Invention Factory. 2002. http://www.inventionfactory.com/history/RHAgen/fwrjrbio.html. Retrieved 2009-07-12.
- ^ "South Florida Water Management District". 2007. http://www.sfwmd.gov/portal/page?_pageid=2574,19618105,2574_19612743&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL. Retrieved 2009-08-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ransom-Everglades School. Alumni Directory 1981.
- ^ Newsbull Jeff Lindsay Interview
- ^ Daz biography for Mike Malinin
- ^ Official Season 5 So You Think You Can Dance Blog profiling the top 20 contestants
- ^ My Reality Television article about Jeanine Mason
- ^ Blanc (1979) p. 42.
- ^ Cardiff University biography for Arlene Sierra
- ^ Sridhar bio
- ^ The Hindu (January 2004) On the road to success
- ^ The Miami Hurricane Youngest Ever Rhodes scholar Prepares for Future
- ^ Oxendine Publishing UM student does it all
- ^ Jordi Vilasuso biography at Soapcentral.com
- ^ Nee, Eric (2006) Stanford Lawyer Winter 2006 Issue
- ^ Williams online biography
- ^ 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 0471143626
- Klepser, Carolyn and Arva Moore Parks (2002) Miami Then and Now (Then & Now). Thunder Bay Press, ISBN 1571458522
- 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 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
[edit] External links
- 2006 Best Private School awarded by Miami New Times
- Bunting and Lyons private school directory entry
- Privateschoolsreport.com statistics
- Ransom Everglades School history web page
- Ransom Everglades Athletics
