RE Log Spring 2023

20 Ransom Everglades LOG SPRING 2023 Miami, the Miami-Dade County Public School system, Ransom Everglades and Breakthrough Miami. He previously served as chair of the boards of both RE and Breakthrough, which Flickinger launched in 1992 with classmate Doug Weiser ’74 . School leaders won’t be able to fully evaluate the success of Beacon College Prep until several classes of students reach college age; from the beginning, they have been focused on the friends, including Leslie Wakefield Buchanan ’72 and Marsha Soffer P’09, contributed to the installation of a $50,000 playground. Nearly every member of the school’s current governing board has a tie to Ransom Everglades, including treasurer Octavio Verdeja, an accountant who has done work for RE. “The common theme with all of this is how RE really builds on community outside of Ransom Everglades’ walls,” Miller said. “It’s about values; it’s about families; it’s about understanding our own blessings in life and understanding that our obligations are to share and to really raise the tide for all of the boats out there in our community. That’s the secret sauce of Ransom Everglades, making other people stronger.” For more information on how to help with Beacon College Prep, email founding board member Melissa Krinzman ’86 at melissa@krillionventures.com or founder Jeffrey Miller ’79 at jeff@jsmhome.com . in Service “We could not have done this without the relationships made at Ransom Everglades. It’s an ethic of service that was promoted dating back to when I was a student there.” – John Flickinger ’74 long game. Miller and the founding board members agreed Beacon College Prep would aim for not only superior academic achievement, but also the cultivation of student interests and talents and, perhaps most importantly, character development. In short, they knew building successful citizens meant focusing on the whole child. Beacon College Prep was never intended to be a Ransom Everglades venture; it just happened that way. When Miller sought help, RE community members leaped. “We could not have done this without the relationships made at Ransom Everglades,” Flickinger said. “It’s an ethic of service that was promoted dating back to when I was a student there.” Even current students have stepped in; Liv Steinhardt ’23 , Krinzman’s daughter, and her friends from Ransom Everglades helped to paint a mural on an external wall at the school, and they also donated books and organized the school library. Other RE Principal Patrick Evans with students