FALL 2026 Ransom Everglades LOG 31 Ransom Everglades School Class of 2026 Matriculation List Amherst College, MA (2) Barnard College, NY (1) Berklee College of Music, MA (1) Bocconi University, Italy (1) Boston College, MA (1) Boston University, MA (4) Bowdoin College, ME (1) Brown University, RI (2) University of California, Berkeley, CA (1) University of California, Los Angeles, CA (10) University of Chicago, IL (4) Colgate University, NY (3) Columbia University, NY (6) Cornell University, NY (5) Dartmouth College, NH (1) University of Denver, CO (1) Duke University, NC (6) Emory University, GA (1) Florida International University, FL (1) University of Florida, FL (21) Florida State University, FL (4) Georgetown University, D.C. (5) Georgia Institute of Technology, GA (1) Harvard University, MA (4) IE University – Madrid, Spain (1) Indiana University Bloomington, IN (1) Johns Hopkins University, MD (1) Les Roches International School of Hotel Management, Switzerland (1) Loyola University Maryland, MD (1) University of Miami, FL (2) University of Michigan, MI (8) Middlebury College, VT (1) New York University, NY (5) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC (2) Northeastern University, MA (3) Northwestern University, IL (3) University of Pennsylvania, PA (10) Pomona College, CA (1) Princeton University, NJ (3) Rice University, TX (1) Rollins College, FL (1) Savannah College of Art and Design, GA (1) University of Southern California, CA (2) Southern Methodist University, TX (4) University of St Andrews, Scotland (4) Stanford University, CA (5) Swarthmore College, PA (1) Syracuse University, NY (2) The University of Texas at Austin, TX (4) Tufts University, MA (2) Tulane University, LA (1) United States Naval Academy, MD (1) Vanderbilt University, TN (7) University of Virginia, VA (4) Wake Forest University, NC (2) Washington University in St Louis, MO (1) Wellesley College, MA (1) Williams College, MA (2) Yale University, CT (2) During the final roll call, seniors crossed the stage to receive their diplomas from Head of School Rachel Rodriguez and then-Chair of the Board Miguel Dueñas ’95. Earlier, Rodriguez urged the entire senior class to head out into the world with confidence, boldness, courage and kindness. “Move forward with the knowledge that your faculty, your parents, your friends, your family, all of us, we believe in you, and we believe in you completely,” she said. “You’ve got this. We believe in your strength, your potential and your heart.” Rodriguez and Clark presented the senior awards: Ana Gonzalez ’26 and Max Grunwald ’26 each received a Faculty Cup; Lola Pegg ’26 received the Head of School’s Cup; Sofia Rhone-Fernandez ’26 received the Marie B. Swenson Founder’s Cup; and Lucas Jaffee ’26 received the Paul C. Ransom Founder’s Cup. Head of the Upper School Donald Cramp presented the Valedictory Cup to Gould and the Salutatory Cup to Chloe Dubose ’26, who addressed her peers during the Baccalaureate/Senior Send-off. The ceremony included the singing of RE’s alma mater and the song “The New World” by Austin Sayfie Aagaard ’26, Charlie Derick ’26, Gustavo do Valle ’26, Daniela Garcia ’26, Bella Sayfie Ranawat ’26 (who also sang “The StarSpangled Banner”), Miranda Silva ’26 and Morgan Williams ’26. Faculty member Jon Hamm conducted the 2026 Ransom Everglades Commencement Symphony Orchestra, and Performing Arts Department Chair Cecilia Gonzalez directed the vocalists. Faculty member Arn Xu served as an accompanist. The board chair Dueñas presented a diploma to his daughter, Alexa Dueñas ’26, and let seniors know they would be leaving RE with a built-in support system: the rest of the alumni community. “Remember, Ransom Everglades will always be behind you,” Dueñas said. “This place is more than a school. It’s a community, one that spans a lifetime and across generations.” Ron Magill
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