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Middle school students shine at Miami Model UN Conference
The Ransom Everglades Middle School Model UN team won recognition for its excellence at the Miami Model UN Conference at Palmer Trinity School on March 8-9. Seventeen students represented various countries and engaged in civil debate on global issues, and four received awards: Axel Sirinyan ’29, who earned the Most Diplomatic Award; Ella Griffin ’29, winner of the Ambassador Award; Lily Knoll ’29, who earned the Most Diplomatic Award; and Ben Brandrick-Morris ’29, who won Best Position Paper.
The students showcased their critical-thinking and public-speaking skills while developing a deeper understanding of international relations. Students took part under advisors and faculty members Marie Saint Hilaire, Flavia Araripe and Liana Romanach.
The full MS contingent: Ria Pabby ’30, Nikolai Diego ’31, Gwen Rubini ’30, Sirinyan, Alexander McCarthy ’31, Isabella Berthier ’30, Matias Puleo-Newman ’29, Sophie Griffin ’30, Ella Griffin, Rebecca Haywood ’29, Knoll, Gillian Carvalho ’29, Valentina Grunauer Cordova ’29, Sabrina Berthier ’29, Brandrick-Morris, Arthur Veloso ’29 and Landon Elfenbein ’29.
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2045 South Bayshore Drive, Coconut Grove, FL 33133Phone: 305 250 6850
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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.