RE Log Fall 2019

42 Ransom Everglades LOG FALL 2019 Independent School Teaching Residency Fellow at his alma mater Northfield Mount Hermon School, where he taught world history, traveled with students to Spain, and served on the school’s faculty of color working group. He served as a student tutor at JoyBell’s School and Orphanage in Dehradun, India, in 2013. Mr. Jackson wrote a first-person column in the “Independent Spirit” section of the summer 2019 issue of the National Association of Independent Schools’ mag- azine. He earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology and black studies at Amherst College, where he played football for four years, and his MSEd at the University of Pennsylvania. Brandon King is teaching econom- ics and history and helping to coach baseball at Ransom Everglades. Dr. King has taught on three continents – Asia, Europe and the United States. He most recently served as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania after earn- ing his PhD in Chinese Studies at Chinese University of Hong Kong. There, he served as project coordinator and lecturer. He earned a master’s in Chinese at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a master’s in Chinese law at the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies. He received bach- elor’s degrees in economics and Chinese language and literature at Swarthmore College. Dr. King grew up outside of Orlando and attended high school at Lake Brantley High. Ashleigh Lindenauer ’94 joined RE’s Admission Office after more than a decade running her own business, Lindenauer Design, a firm that specializes in communications, design and branding, and investing heavily in community ser- vice. Mrs. Lindenauer worked extensively with RE’s admission office for materials creation, helping assemble an extensive viewbook and other information pieces. In her fourth year as a board member at the Children’s Bereavement Center, she has done pro-bono design work for a variety of charities and start-ups, includ- ing the Adrienne Arsht Center, Children’s Bereavement Center and Temple Beth Sholom. She previously worked as a senior designer at Suissa Design in Hollywood, Fla., and as a designer at Louey/Rubino Design Group in Santa Monica, Calif., and Kym Abrams Design in Chicago. Her work has been featured in various editions of multiple branding and graphic design periodicals including Communication Arts and How Design . She earned her bachelor of fine arts at Washington University in St. Louis. James S. Monk returned to RE as World Languages and Global Studies Department Chair after having served as a department head at RE from 2005-07. During his 12-year hiatus from Ransom Everglades, Dr. Monk worked on cur- riculum and assessment at the College Board, International Baccalaureate and American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. As Director of Curriculum and Content Development for World Languages at the College Board, he oversaw the redesign of AP exams in Spanish, French and Italian. At International Baccalaureate in The Hague, Netherlands, he served as Head of Curriculum Development and Head of Diploma Program, overseeing curriculum, assessment and professional develop- ment. At ACTFL, Dr. Monk worked as Senior Manager of Quality Assurance and Certification Programs, designing new proficiency assessments and supervising the work of more than 2,000 examiners across the country. Dr. Monk earned his BA at Wabash College, his MA in Spanish and PhD in Romance Languages from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Monk speaks English, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch and German. Scott Thomas O’Donnell arrived to Ransom Everglades from the performing arts world. Mr. O’Donnell most recently served as principal violist with The Symphonia at Boca Raton and assistant principal/principal violist with Florida Grand Opera. He also worked as principal viola with the Palm Beach Opera and Palm Beach Pops, and was a viola soloist with the Palm Beach Symphony. He has served as a string coach for the Greater Miami Youth Symphony and Arvida Middle School, Coral Reef Senior High. He previously worked as a private music theory tutor, private viola studio teacher, music theory teacher at Miami Dade College and viola instructor at St. Andrew’s School, the Dreyfoos School for the Arts and Greater Miami Youth Symphony summer camp. He earned his bachelor’s degree in violin performance from Stetson University and a master’s from the University of Miami. Renée Rodriguez , arrived to RE’s World Languages and Global Studies Department after living in Spain, Switzerland and Colombia, and developing her passion for teach- ing in the Northeast. She most re- cently worked as Upper School World Languages Department Chair at Sacred Heart Greenwich, and prior to that as a language teacher at Avon High School and King Philip Middle School in Connecticut. She earned her master’s degree at Middlebury College Spanish School, where she spent a summer in Guadalajara, Mexico. She also studied at the Institute of French Language and Civilization at the Université de Neuchâtel in Switzerland. She earned her undergraduate degree with highest hon- ors from Johnson and Wales University, where she studied international hotel and tourism management. Michelle Rydborn arrived to RE’s STEM Department from Immaculata-La Salle High, where she taught chemistry and algebra II, and the International English School in Halmstad, Sweden, where she prepared lessons and labs for various math and science courses. Mrs. Talent New