RE LOG - Spring 2017

RE students collected $5,668.05 to provide relief to hurricane-stricken Haiti during a school-wide fund- raising drive on both campuses as students recognized that Haiti would need help long after Hurricane Matthew had passed in October. The Upper School raised $3,566.75 and the Middle School, $2,111.30. Gaby Jadotte ’18 , Anyssa Francis ’17, Gigi Parra ’17 and Veronica Pedraza ’17 presented a check to Claudia Grillo, chief financial officer of the United Way of Miami-Dade. Faculty members Paul Elkins and Pete DiPace helped organize the drive. Middle School students celebrated their fundraising success during an assembly Oct. 28; Jadotte and Francis announced the Upper School’s totals during a Nov. 1 assembly. The Latin American Student Association collected nearly 1,000 children’s story books for students of the Jesse J. McCrary Elementary School in Miami through the non- profit Achieve Miami. LASA members regularly volunteer on Saturdays with Achieve Miami, mentoring elementary school students in reading and writing. LASA officers Tomas Gomez ’18 , Skylar Scharer ’18 , Carlos Esber ’18 and Hannah Tacher Lois ’18 organized the drive – urging students on with the promise of a donut party for the most generous advisory – and delivered the books in early January. A Gift for Haiti Student body raises money for hurricane relief Books and More Books Latin American Student Association supplies children’s storybooks SPRING 2017 Ransom Everglades LOG 37