RE Log Fall 2018

)$// Ransom Everglades LOG 55 7KH $XFWLRQ The annual auction raised $245,000 to support the ¿QDQFLDO DLG SURJUDP DW 5( 3LFWXUHG FORFNZLVH VWDUWLQJ IURP WKH ULJKW %RQQLH 6HLSS .DWKDULQH 5XELQR DQG /yGLD 7RX]HW 0LNH DQG &RQVWDQFH )HUQDQGH] DQG 7DWVLDQD DQG Andy Ansin ’81 DQG /DXUD DQG -Hȧ 5REHUWV /HWWHU IURP WKH 3DUHQW )XQG &KDLUV .HYLQ 5HHFH Ȇ &ROH DQG 'RQGUD 5LW]HQWKDOHU Dear Ransom Everglades Parents, What an amazing year this has been for Ransom Everglades and The Fund for RE. We are so grateful to the entire parent body for helping us achieve new levels of excellence with another record-breaking year. Your enthusiastic support demonstrates the strength and vitality of our community at Ransom Everglades and ensures the school’s legacy will grow stronger. Together, we raised an all-time high of $3,009,611 in annual support for the 2017-18 year. Parents alone contributed more than $1.6 million, another record, with 80-percent participation. RE’s successes are a direct result of the generosity RI RXU RXWVWDQGLQJ FRPPXQLW\ RI SDUHQWV DOXPQL IDFXOW\ VWDɣ families and friends, whose philanthropic support is at the heart of our accomplishments. We are so proud of our talented VWXGHQWV DQG GHGLFDWHG IDFXOW\ DQG VWDɣ ZKR FRQWLQXH WR advance the mission of Ransom Everglades. Thank you to our devoted and hardworking parent volunteers who gave their time and energy to support our success. Thanks to all of our fantastic Grade Chairs and their teams: Vicky Hucks (sixth), Nicole Murray (seventh), Lissette Suarez Stancioff ’86 (eighth), Allison Holly and Wendy Levitz ’88 (ninth), JoAnne Civantos (tenth), Ashley Cusack (eleventh), and Alicia Hawkins ’90 and Suzanne Meltzer ’89 (twelfth). I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Ransom Everglades Parents’ Association, led by President Bonnie Seipp, IRU UDLVLQJ ɳɵɶ ɱɱɱ WR VXSSRUW WKH ¿QDQFLDO DLG SURJUDP 7KDQN \RX WR DOO RI WKRVH ZKR FRQWULEXWHG WKHLU WLPH HɣRUW DQG dollars to make the 2017-18 program an unforgettable one! We deeply appreciate your support, and we value the opportunity to steward your gifts through this Report of Giving. Dondra and Kevin Ritzenthaler Parent Fund Chairs 2017-18