RE LOG - Spring 2017

30 Ransom Everglades LOG SPRING 2017 Expanding our RE ach Tucker Elementary Tutoring Program Ransom Everglades students travel just down the road to Tucker Elementary school to tutor its students several days each week. Ransom Everglades absorbs the cost of paying teachers from Tucker Elementary to stay late to provide the required supervision and guidance during the after-school sessions. The Barnyard The Barnyard is a neighborhood community center located in the heart of Coconut Grove Village West. RE students spend time with neighborhood kids at this community center operated by Coconut Grove Cares, assisting them with homework, sharing healthy snacks and providing general academic support. Athletic Partnerships Coral Gables High School Ransom Everglades has a partnership with Coral Gables High School whereby the Gables High water polo and swim teams utilize the Ansin Aquatics Center for practices, matches and meets. Ransom Everglades overhauled an unusable track oval at the school, and pays to keep it in competition condition. RE track and field teams train and compete on the track, sharing it with Coral Gables High students. Boys & Girls Club of Miami-Dade Ransom Everglades funded massive improvements to the baseball facility and built a new field at the Boys & Girls Club of Miami- Dade. The junior varsity and varsity baseball teams use the facility as their home field, but its overwhelming use is by neighborhood kids and their families. Broad REACH Pool At least 500 local children from underserved areas have learned to swim at the Broad REACH Pool, a shallow, 25-yard pool with six lanes that opened five years ago at RE’s Ansin Aquatic Center.