RE Log - Fall 2021

Another early memory for me of Ginny is when she would bring her baby Joey to work. I remember Ginny caring for him in the faculty workroom while making copies. Joey is now in his 30s, an RE grad, and a successful lawyer at a very prestigious law firm downtown ( Joseph J. Onorati ’03 , Stearns Weaver Miller). I remember being on the roof of Ginny’s house with Don Kappelman and many other faculty members, repairing it after Hurricane Andrew. I remember meetings in 1991 and 1992 with John Lewis, Betty Park, and fellow coordinators Ginny and George Kasyan, Jackie Collaso and the late Margaret Fitzgerald to plan our new sixth grade. We were deciding things the old-fashioned way, by our gut instincts, and weren’t sure how things would work out. At the first-quarter advisee parent conferences, all of my advisees’ parents were ecstatic, almost unanimously saying it was their child’s best educational experience. Thirty years later, I can safely say, things worked out pretty well. An RE legend retires after 47 years G inny O Ginny moved to the middle school in 1985, also my first year there. My first vivid memories of Ginny came when she was the middle school cheerleading coach and I was the middle school basketball coach. Cheerleading then had a robust squad, no doubt largely because of Ginny’s popularity. Please indulge me as I ask Ginny to join me, at least in spirit, for one last cheer: I say Ransom; you say Raider Ransom. Raider! Ransom. Raider! I say blue; you say green Blue. Green! Blue. Green! By Joe Mauro Middle School History and Social Sciences Department Coordinator Forty-seven years ago – that’s two score and seven years ago – Ginny Onorati came to the Ransom Everglades upper school as a librarian from New Jersey. The year was 1974. President Richard Nixon had just resigned due to the Watergate scandal. “Very patient and very diligent in her teaching, and very clear. She was a phenomenal teacher and really made an impact on me both going into high school and beyond.” – Alec Rodriguez ’14 16 Ransom Everglades LOG FALL 2021 Photo by Josh Prezant