News
Upper school students travel to New York for national Model UN conference
RE's upper school Model UN club traveled to New York City March 11-15 for the National High School Model United Nations (NHSMUN) Conference, which attracted more than 2,000 student delegates from schools from across the world. RE fielded a team of 14 delegates that represented two Caribbean countries and lobbied their proposals to UNESCO, the World Health Assembly and several other committees. They collaborated with students from several countries to craft solutions to international issues relying on dialogue, consensus-building and simulated diplomacy.
Apart from their conference activities, RE's delegates engaged in cultural emersion activities that included a tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art as well as a guided tour of the United Nations headquarters. Faculty members Stephen Allen and Laurie Miller accompanied the students.
Participants
Maya Fern '25
Kate Khvorostiana '25
Anna Lugo '25
Kenzie Kaplan '25
Abigail Pollak '26
Sofia Berkshire '26
Matilda Barrack '27
Isabella Copetti '27
Tess Pearson '27
Juliana Kaye '27
Matias Blanco '25
Eli Tomassetti '27
Aarav Jindal '26
Zachary Corbin-Cheah '27
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.