RE LOG Fall 2017

FALL 2017 Ransom Everglades LOG 57 The Strength of our Parent Community Letter from the Parent Fund Chair Dear RE Parents, Thank you to the entire parent body of Ransom Everglades for helping to achieve another record-breaking year for The Fund for RE. Your commitment and support affirm our mission and demonstrate the strength of our community at Ransom Everglades. You raised $1,546,718 for The Fund for RE with 87 percent participation . RE’s successes are a direct result of the generosity of our outstanding community of parents, alumni and friends, whose philanthropic support is at the heart of our accomplishments. We are incredibly proud of our talented students and esteemed faculty and staff, whose accomplishments continue to elevate Ransom Everglades to the highest levels of achievement. Thank you to our committed and hardworking parent volunteers who gave their time and energy to ensure our success. Thanks to all of our fantastic Grade Chairs and their teams: Nicole Murray (sixth), Lissette Suarez Stancioff ’86 (seventh), Allison Holly and Wendy Levitz ’88 (eighth), JoAnne Civantos (ninth), Ashley Cusack ’85 (10th), Alicia Hawkins ’90 and Suzanne Meltzer ’89 (11th), and Adrienne Pardo and Lori Harvey (12th). I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Ransom Everglades Parents’ Association, led by President Laurie McWilliams, for raising $250,000 to support the financial aid program. Thank you to all of those who contributed their time, effort and dollars to make the 2016-17 program suc- cessful. We are grateful for your support, and we value the opportunity to steward your gifts through this Report of Giving. Amy Marrs Steinhour Parent Fund Chair 2016-17 The Auction The annual auction celebrated the 305 and helped raise $250,000 to support the financial aid program at RE. Pictured clockwise starting from the right: Auction Chair Lisa Mendelson, Board of Trustees Chair Rudy Prio Touzet ’76 , REPA President Laurie McWilliams; Linda Levy Goldberg, Barbara Hevia and Carol Iacovelli; and Stephanie Sayfie Aagaard ’88 and Wendy Levitz ’88 .