Alumni
Alumni Events and Reunions
Alumni Weekend, April 25-27, 2025
Mark your calendars! We hope you will join us for Alumni Weekend, April 25-27, 2025. We will celebrate all alumni, and also hold special get-togethers for those celebrating milestone reunions.
We will share information on upcoming reunions and the 2025 Alumni Weekend on this page, and also keep you up to date about local and other alumni events.
Remember to join REconnect, so you can stay up to date with your classmates and abreast of opportunities to network, volunteer and more. Contact us if you have any questions.
Remember to join REconnect, so you can stay up to date with your classmates and abreast of opportunities to network, volunteer and more. Contact us if you have any questions.
Alumni came back for Alumni Weekend 2024, traveling from as far afield as London and as far back as the Class of 1962. Sharing countless hugs and handshakes, exploring old haunts, and reminiscing over meals, more than 325 alumni across six decades enjoyed a series of special events and activities on both campuses from April 19-21. Have a look at all the fun in the photo galleries and video below.
Alumni Weekend 2024
Upcoming Events
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Alumni Basketball
Student Activities Center - Henry H. Anderson '38 Gymnasium - Gym
Alumni News
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Alumni Highlight: Christian Haub '70
Alumnus Christian Haub '70 attended the Ransom School from 1965-1968, when classes were known as "forms." He has been an artist since the 1970s, exhibiting internationally since the 1980s.Read More -
Business Directory Spotlight: Liza Kanter '14
Read MoreDr. Liza Kanter ’14 D.M.D. has a passion for dentistry. It might be because her mother, Dr. Andrea Diamond, has a dental practice. Or it could be that she was drawn to the field after graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. Whatever the reason, Liza loves the field and actively pursues dental continuing education to stay up to date on the latest research so she can offer her patients the best care. -
Faculty Emeriti Profile: Alina Mendoza
Alina Gonzalez de Mendoza y Bolivar, otherwise known as Ms. Mendoza, taught math at the middle school for 28 years. And in true RE faculty fashion, she did more than that. She was also the Assistant to the Activities Director and the costume designer for all middle school plays, which she still does. So any time you see a show at the middle school, you can be sure the costumes you see are the creations of Ms. Mendoza!Read More -
Young alumni gather for annual Thanksgiving reception
Ransom Everglades hosted more than 300 guests for the Young Alumni Reception during Thanksgiving week. On November 27, young alumni were greeted by Head of School Rachel Rodriguez and Head of the Upper School Donald Cramp for this cherished annual event. Alumni and friends gathered at the Constance and Miguel Fernandez STEM Center and enjoyed music by an alumni band, organized by Arn Xu and Jon Hamm and featuring Adam Chopp '22, Rafi Jimenez-Faisal '17, Leo Menninger '18, Anthony Miller '15, Andres Soto '21 and Maximilian Swietelsky '21. Alumni also played soccer at the upper school on November 30. Photo GalleryRead More -
Alumni office gears up for Thanksgiving week events
Read MoreEach year, young alumni return Thanksgiving week to spend time with family and friends, and to take part in the popular Young Alumni Reception at the upper school. Added to the fun this year is Fall Alumni Sports Day, when all alumni are invited back to campus to play basketball, soccer and volleyball. -
More than a dozen alumni help seniors with mock college interviews
The College Counseling Office hosted a two-part College Interview Workshop. Seniors were invited to a “lunch and learn” as the first of two sessions. This session taught them the fundamental skills and tips for preparing for the college interview. The second part of the series allowed the students to take the skills they learned in the first session and put them into real-world practice. More than a dozen RE Alumni came back to campus and provided mock interviews with RE students. Following the session, the alumni noted how well-prepared the students were.Read More -
RE alumni gather in Boston and Miami
Read MoreRE's alumni community has been active and engaged, REconnecting in Miami and Boston in recent weeks. Alumni are enjoying getting together and finding ways to become more involved with Ransom Everglades. -
The fall 2024 RE Log magazine is now available
Please check out the just-released digital copy of the fall edition of the Ransom Everglades Log magazine, and you may also find stories on the RE Log web page.Read More -
Alumni Highlight: Christine James ’99
RE alumna Christine James '99 teaches high school U.S. History and middle school World History at a full magnet school. She recently received Miami-Dade's County's Public School Teacher of the Year award for her work and is currently enrolled a school administrator training program. How did she get there? With aRead More
Master of Education degree from the University of Florida and a Doctor of Education from NYU. -
Business Directory Spotlight: Jake Pelayo ’17 & Sebastian Brunet '17
When Jake Pelayo '17 and Sebastian Brunet '17 became friends at RE, they never thought they'd end up creating a company together after they graduated. They recently launched ARO - All Restaurant Offers, the only app that consolidates restaurant deals and personalizes them to every individual user.Read More
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Connect with friends before reunion
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When you visit
Middle School, Everglades Campus
Upper School, Ransom Campus
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.