RE Log Fall 2018

40 Ransom Everglades LOG )$// O n Campus $OO LQ WKH )DPLOy 5( FHOHEUDWHV OHJDFy IDPLOLHV LQ WKH &ODVV RI Ransom Everglades welcomed 23 legacy families to the Class of 2025 before the Sixth-Grade Orientation on Aug. 17. RE alumni and their sixth-grade sons or daughters assembled for a special photo shoot in the atrium at the Middle School. The group included Annabella Miki ’25 , who has not one, but two RE alumni parents ( Roberto Miki ’94 and Laura Alfonso ’93 ). Here’s the group in alphabetical order: Sophie Ansin ’25 and Andy Ansin ’81 ; Aexis Barna ’25 and Aliza Stern ’93 ; Skylar Ehrling ’25 and Cornelia Taudt-Erhling ’88 ; Finn Falk ’25 and Christian Falk ’91 ; Rex Feldman ’25 and Kimberly Feldman ’91 ; Myles Gelber ’25 and Eliot Gelber ’84 ; Elle Geller ’25 and Lee Geller ’89; Sydney Gould ’25 and Justin Gould ’88 ; Gavin Heller ’25 and Brian Heller ’86; Jesse Hellring ’25 and Lance Hellring ’93 ; Tager Lehr ’25 and Paul Lehr ’84 ; Casey Manno ’25 and Elaine Broad ’86; Daniel Mendelson ’25 and Kimberly Mendelson ’85 ; Annabella Miki ’25 and Roberto Miki ’94 and Laura Alfonso ’93 ; Matthew Moskovitz ’25 and Alex Moskovitz ’93; Francisco Pines ’25 and Francisco Pines ’94 ; Antonia Pinnar ’25 and Nat Pinnar ’85 (not pictured); Jordan Porcelli ’25 and Nicole Sayfie 'LYHUVLWy H[SHUW YLVLWV 5( RE’s faculty participated in diversity, equity and inclusion train- ing to start the 2018-19 year under Dr. Steven Jones, a highly UHJDUGHG H[SHUW LQ WKH ¿HOG -RQHV FKDOOHQJHG DQG HQJDJHG PHP- bers of the RE community with a dynamic program built on the philosophy that diversity, equity and inclusion represent skillsets to be learned and mastered, not problems to be solved. Jones tutored RE’s faculty and administration on the importance of stepping outside their comfort zones and resolving to practice and implement new behaviors. Jones, who holds a PhD in orga- QL]DWLRQDO SV\FKRORJ\ IURP $OOLDQW ,QWHUQDWLRQDO 8QLYHUVLW\ LQ San Diego, emphasized how critical diversity of thought is to any organization’s success. Porcelli ’89 ; Reid Rosenberg ’25 and Lisa Rosenberg ’93 (not pictured); Mack Srebnick ’25 and Scott Srebnick ’83; Sebastian van de Kreeke ’25 and Michiel van de Kreeke ’88 ; Cianna Vengoechea Schiff ’25 and Robert Schiff ’81 (not pictured); and Chase White ’25 and Jessica White ’91. “This is work,” he said. “This is not something you do in a se- mester and you are done. This is not a checklist process; this is about the head, hands, heart and feet ... Being intentional and strategic is very, very important.” -RQHV¶V YLVLW UHSUHVHQWHG RQH SLHFH RI D \HDUORQJ HɣRUW E\ WKH RE Board of Directors to promote diversity and inclusion at Ransom Everglades. The board has adopted “inclusive excel- lence” as a strategic initiative and also participated in a group WUDLQLQJ VHVVLRQ ZLWK -RQHV 7KH HɣRUW KDV EHHQ VSHDUKHDGHG by Student Life Committee Chair Elizabeth Barash Murphy and Vice-Chair Elana Oberstein-Harris ’93 .