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Solar panels installed at middle school
The first-ever solar panels were installed at Ransom Everglades during spring break, with 18 panels placed atop the Hogan Building. The panels can generate 5.2 kilowatts of electric power, which will offset a small amount of the campus's power consumption daily while also serving as a learning tool in RE's science classrooms and illustrating the school's increasing commitment to sustainability.
The middle school faculty will integrate solar energy into the curriculum by teaching students about alternative energy, how solar panels work, and the advantages of alternative energy sources. Ransom Everglades also is recording and archiving data from the solar panels for trend analysis and future learning. Faculty members Kelly Jackson and Gus Palacios helped spearhead the project with Cutler Bay Solar Solutions, For more information about the school's sustainability efforts, please contact Dr. Jackson.
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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.