Student Life
Health and Wellness
The Foundation of Health and Wellness at RE
Healthy decision-making and wellness are essential to academic and personal success, and Ransom Everglades is committed to creating an environment that emphasizes wellbeing and supports the health and wellness of its students. RE provides students with tools and resources to lead active, healthy, responsible and safe lives. From national presenters at assemblies and health and wellness programming in advisory, to student-led programs under the umbrella of the Student Wellness Board, Ransom Everglades prioritizes the wellbeing of students through a variety of initiatives.
Recent Special Events on Campus
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Author and addiction expert addresses upper school students
Author and speaker Matthew Bocchi shared his personal battle with drug and alcohol addiction with RE juniors and seniors during an assembly at the Lewis Family Auditorium April 10. The talk was designed to encourage RE's eldest students to work together as campus leaders to provide support for their peers, hold each other accountable and take care of themselves.Read More -
RE upper school students discuss healthy relationships with an expert facilitator
Ransom Everglades upper school students actively engaged in an interactive assembly on healthy relationships led by The Center for Respect President Mike Domitrz on September 25. Students fired questions at Domitrz, whose organization emphasizes respect for boundaries, bystander intervention and support, from the start of the assembly at the Lewis Family Auditorium until its conclusion. In response to myriad questions on dating and relationships, Domitrz urged the students not to rely on pat answers but to recognize that every person – including themselves – is owed dignity and respect, and to develop behavior patterns with that understanding built in.Read More
Domitrz, invited by RE Director of Counseling Isis Perez-Gonzalez, also spoke to RE parents during a morning session before the student meeting. His presentations are a key component of Ransom Everglades' yearlong health and wellbeing curriculum. -
Digital wellness expert urges RE upper school students to rethink tech use
RE upper school students learned strategies for evaluating and gaining control of their cell phone usage during a powerful presentation from digital wellness speaker Dino Ambrosi, founder of Project Reboot. At an upper school assembly at the Lewis Family Auditorium on August 26, Ambrosi advocated for mindful use over outright abstinence, encouraging students to employ a "reboot, rethink, and redesign" strategy for healthier tech habits.Read More -
Middle school students explore health and wellness at the RE Human Health Symposium
Middle school students explored a variety of health topics during the RE Human Health Symposium, which featured research posters and interactive activities created by the seventh-grade class and displayed across the center of campus. Students also attended an informative Health Professionals Panel at Swenson Hall on May 9 that included wellness guidance from physicians/health professionals (and parents or parents-of-alumni) Luly Casares, Kendra Malloy, Sultana Qureshi and Jawanza Starling.Read More
Organized by science faculty member Alexandra Gunner and other seventh-grade science teachers, the event concluded with a visit from Heel 2 Heal therapy dogs, highlighting RE's commitment to its core value of Joy & Wellbeing. -
Speaker shares journey to sobriety with upper school students
Author and speaker Matthew Bocchi plunged into drug and alcohol addiction during his young adult years after the trauma of losing his father in the World Trade Center attacks in 2001. His personal spiral alienated family members and left him feeling alone, ashamed and helpless. Bocchi shared his tragic and ultimately uplifting journey from addiction to sobriety with RE upper school students during an assembly on April 22 at the Lewis Family Auditorium. The goal of his presentation – a core component of RE's health and wellness programming – was to encourage struggling students to seek help, while arming their peers with strategies for support.Read More -
Substance abuse specialist speaks to RE students and parents
As part of Ransom Everglades' commitment to student health and wellness, the school invited a psychotherapist and addiction specialist, Ana M. Moreno, to provide informative seminars on chemical dependency, brain development and commonly abused substances to students and parents. Moreno addressed upper school students on Oct. 13 during an assembly at the Lewis Family Auditorium, and parents that evening at the same venue.Read More -
Juniors and seniors launch Health Information Project at RE
Wearing identical teal T-shirts, Ransom Everglades juniors and seniors visited classrooms of ninth-grade students on Oct. 24 and assumed the role of teachers, delivering the first of nine units of health education on topics ranging from depression to substance abuse to sexuality. The juniors and seniors, known as Peer Health Educators, received weeks of training under the direction of the Health Information Project, a Miami-based non-profit founded by RE alumna Risa Berrin '99.Read More -
7th-Grade Health Symposium at the middle school underscores RE's commitment to health and wellness
Ransom Everglades showed its commitment to the health and wellness of its students with the 7th-Grade Health Symposium, an event on May 9 at the middle school that showcased dozens of student projects and featured an informative medical roundtable with medical experts with RE ties. Medical doctors Chad Perlyn, Gautam Yagnik, Heather Mason '96, Mythili Ghanta and Sri Nagalla answered questions and offered students healthcare tips and wellness guidance.Read More -
Ninth graders return from Everglades trips with Outward Bound
Read MoreRE's ninth graders have completed their annual treks to the Everglades, the five-day, four-night adventures with Outward Bound that are a 40-year tradition at RE. Departing in three waves, ninth graders traveled in January to the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge, where they set off from different locations in small groups, tasked with finding their way back to base camp. They used compasses and maps to navigate canoes through mangrove tunnels, stormy weather and high winds. RE physical education teacher Tim McAllister oversaw the adventures, and ensured that students prepared during their PE classes.
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Noted author tells RE parents how to resist 'achievement culture'
Read MoreRE parents heard tips and advice from award-winning journalist Jennifer Breheny Wallace, who covers parent issues and authored Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic – and What We Can Do About It, during a live virtual event at the Posner Lecture Hall in the Fernandez STEM Center on Jan. 24. In the talk, Wallace offered strategies for managing the increasing challenges of parenting in a hyper-competitive era. A component of RE's community-wide health and wellness curriculum, the interactive event attracted several dozen parents.
Watch the event here.
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Health and Wellness Initiatives at RE
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Peer to Peer
The Health Information Project (HIP) is a year-long, student-led, peer-to-peer health education program on the upper school campus. Juniors and seniors trained as Peer Health Educators help freshmen navigate topics including mental health; reproductive health; alcohol, tobacco and other drugs; relationships; nutrition, exercise and obesity. -
Substance Abuse Prevention
Ransom Everglades partners with prevention specialists to ensure its students and faculty receive substance use, abuse and prevention education and information. Other invited guests also address these topics during assemblies throughout the year. -
Physical Education
Ransom Everglades considers physical education a core component of health and wellness. Middle school students participate in activities that build muscular strength, endurance, flexibility, cardiovascular health and balance. RE freshmen benefit from sailing, canoeing, kayaking and swimming. Older students may choose advanced electives in bay studies and more.
About Health and Wellness at RE
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Student Wellness Board
From Kindness Week and Unplugged Day to monthly Heel 2 Heal therapy dog visits, among other programs, the upper school Student Wellness Board collaborates with the Director of Counseling to integrate joy and wellbeing into the school schedule. -
Wellness Staff
Students have access to counselors and nurses on both campuses. Director of Counseling Isis Perez-Gonzalez oversees the development counseling department and Director of Student Health Services Marie Gregorio coordinates medical care. -
Wellness Center and Garden
The Lampen Family Wellness Center and adjacent Class of 2019 Wellness Garden (a gift from that class) offer indoor and outdoor spaces for self-care, rest, relaxation and contemplation.
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Lampen Family Wellness Center
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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
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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. It is rated the top private school in Miami and among the 10 private schools in North America. 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.
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Ransom Everglades School®, The RE Way®, RE Pathways® and Bowden Fellowships in the Humanities™ are trademarks of Ransom Everglades School.