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For the second straight year, an RE math teacher wins major recognition
Math teacher Jessica Merrick received the Edyth May Sliffe Award, a national award annually presented by the Mathematical Association of America to middle and high school mathematics teachers who have done outstanding work to motivate students. It was the second straight year a Ransom Everglades teacher received the prestigious award; in 2024, upper school math teacher Karen Key was recognized.
Merrick, the Assistant Head of the Middle School at RE, led the middle school math team to back-to-back second-place finishes in the state championship and first place in the regional Mathcounts competition in 2023 and 2024. Last year, she was also named head coach of the Florida national middle school math team; she helped that team to a fifth-place finish in the national competition. To be considered for the award, teachers must be nominated by at least two people.
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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.