His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Founder, Maharishi School MAHARISHI SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Dr. Bevan Morris Chairman of the Board
Camille Jorgensen
Bill Goldstein
Sam Lieb
Shelley Gratzon
Janet Nichols
Richard Hobbs
Craig Pearson
Peter Huggins
Chet Swanson
Chris Jones
Susan Tracy
2 A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
It has been an extraordinary joy to carry the message of Maharishi School and Consciousness-BasedSM education around the world during the last year and a half. What we have encountered everywhere is the idea that education is primarily a path to the goal of getting a job – a very partial understanding compared with Maharishi’s vision of complete education, which is capable of enriching each student with the fruit of all knowledge, the ability to live with the full support of nature, free from mistakes and suffering. Often we met with students whose experience of education has been dominated by an ideal of long hours spent in study, memorizing facts and formulas. They have grown up with the idea that the harder they work and the more drudgery they can withstand, the greater their success will be. It’s quite amazing for them to hear about the enormous successes our students enjoy year after year in absolutely Dr. Ashley Deans everything they undertake, without any drudgery at all. And when they hear that Director, they too can work less hard and achieve even more, they can’t stop smiling. Maharishi School The foundation of our success is Maharishi’s simple insight into the three-fold structure of education: the knower, the known, and the process of knowing. Maharishi’s Transcendental Meditation® program is a unique and well-researched technique for developing the knower. EEG studies show that TM practice enlivens total brain functioning, making students more alert and receptive. It enhances the learning process by actually refining sensory perceptions and strengthening the powers of analysis and synthesis. The TM technique allows students to turn their attention inward to experience consciousness itself as the unified field, the source of all subjective and objective reality, the home of all knowledge, the home of all the laws of nature. It’s no wonder that no subject is foreign to our students. The old paradigm of education, which emphasizes only the known, only the subject matter to be learned, is giving way to Maharishi’s new and more complete paradigm. In the USA alone, with the support of the David Lynch Foundation, 20 schools have already adopted the TM program and transformed their learning environments. This transformation is happening on every continent; 175,000 students are currently enrolled in Consciousness-Based educational institutions worldwide. We have the great good fortune to be the original pioneers in a global paradigm shift which is clearly gaining irreversible momentum.
ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
Row 1: Laurie Baumann, Girls School Principal Laura Bordow, Lower School Director June Schindler, Finance Officer
Row 2: Terry Weiss, Personnel Director Ashley Deans, School Director Dale Monson, Administrative Director Alan Colby, Boys School Principal
3 Thanks to our donors for funding our future.
4 MAHARISHI SCHOOL DONORS 2006-2007
Donors $10,000 Plus Becky Shreck Susan Rosenfield Ronald and Maricela Stakland Ken and Sheila Ross The Berman Family Foundation Janet and Dale Steinback Ernest Sica The David Lynch Foundation Chester and Catherine Swanson Laurie and Renee Sluser The Dharma Foundation Hollis and Elizabeth Taggart Michael and Janet Sluszka Talentpro Consulting, Inc. Patricia Steurer Donors $5000-$10,000 Thaddeus Computing, Inc. Paul and Mary Tarnoff U.S. Vastu Joe and Carolyn Weaver Anonymous (1) Walker Group, Inc. Lewis Weiss Conference Calls Unlimited, Inc. Frank and Marji Wintroub Robert and Karie Williams Robert and Susan Daniels Lance and Bernie Yedersberger Darwin Technology USA, Inc. Donors $500-$1000 Devalia Corporation Donors $250-$500 The David L. Lieb Foundation, Inc. Anonymous (3) Marcelo Zambrano Toni Alazraki Anonymous (7) John and Connally Bennison Harri and Catherine Aalto Donors $1000-$5000 Karen and Tad Bircher Steve and Donna Alaimo Samuel and Mary Boothby ARC Films, Inc. Anonymous (3) Richard and Rosalie Borg John Baker Jeffrey and Rona Abramson Joseph Boxerman Arthur Webster Barnett Jim and Ginger Belilove DeArmond and Susie Briggs Barry Ross Illustration Warren and Harriet Berman Joseph Carbonaro Richard and Helen Blake Blue Collar Traders, Inc. Karen Carter Frances Bolling Betty Moore Browning Denis D'Amore Joseph and Christine Boxerman C C Support, Inc. Danaher Oil Co., Inc. Jim and Cathy Brotz Capital Management Partners, Inc. Jim and Diane Davis Larry and Rosemarie Camp Fran Clark Scott Demaree Alian Caviggia Mark and Molly Cutter Donatech Corporation Clyde and Debbie Cleveland Raja Graham and Leanne de Freitas Darlyne Engelman Jocelyne Comtois Peter DeCicco Raja John and Susel Fagan Kathleen and Joel Cook Wally and Alexandria DeVasier Fleshman Consulting, Inc. Cynthia Cornell William and Dorothy Donhauser Glenn and Delaina Gibson Kay Courtade Tom and Roxanne Factor Rich and Sally Haerr Pamela Curlee James Furey Tim Hawthorne Paul Curlee Genetic ID Tom and Sandy Kelly Diana Davidson Edward and Mary Gomes Douglas Klauber Peter and Patty Dollive Marc Halberstadt Dennis and Kiki Kossow Barbara Dreier Hugh and Laurie Harvey Sidney Kurth David Ederer hawthorne direct inc Diana Lane Charlie and Holly Egner Hildebrandt & Associates, Ltd. Thomas Lenhardt Michael and Sooneeta Eisner Peter and Sue Huggins Richard Levy Susan Stern and James Elliott Charles and Donna Huggins Ed and Vicki Malloy Everybody's Inc. J. A. Woollam Foundation McDonald Properties Fairfield Accounting Services, Inc. Jerome and Deborah Jarvis Ted and Barbara McLaughlin Mikael Ferm John and Claudia Juhler Beverly Merson First National Bank in Fairfield Lillee Incorporated Kathleen Meunier Tom and Jennifer Fishback Bob and Carol Markowitz Gregory Mitchell David and Jane Fleshman Arjuna Martlin Mac and Ellen Muehlman Mark and Ashley Files Flory Devi Mays Ann Muehlman Murray and Gloria Foster Overland Sheepskin Co., Inc. National Semiconductor Deanna Freeberg Ron and Melodie Pleasant Olive Branch Foundation Greg Gasaway Joe Proto Raccoon Valley Bank Charitable Ralph and Jane Geller Reader's Digest Matching Funds Foundation Greenfield Properties LLC Program Victor and Judith Raymond Paul Handelman Tim Roberts Lenny Roberts Harper Brush Works Charitable Thomas and Dorothy Rowe Roofing Services, Inc. Foundation Kenneth and Laurie Sewall Sally and Eric Rosenfeld Philip and Elizabeth Hirschhorn
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9 ACADEMICACHIEVEMENTS
GIRLS SCHOOL
Angela earned the top marks in the Girls School with a 3.99 four-year GPA. She is a National Merit Finalist and was chosen to represent the School as a member of the Golden Triangle Senior Class. She’s an expert flute player and enjoyed soccer and circus gymnastics in her spare time. She helped her teams to one world championship and two state championships in the Destination ImagiNation creative problem-solving competition. Her talent in language and love of poetry brought her the senior award for four years of outstanding achievement in English. Her teachers awarded her the Academic Excellence Award for 2007, and her classmates awarded her the 2007 Creativity Award.
2007 Girls School Valedictorian Toby Angela Folz
Four Years of Achievement
Visual Arts: Toby Briggs Anjali Performing Arts: Anjali Krystofiak
English: Angela Folz Salutatorian Dee Dee Suzannah Schindler Mathematics: Suzannah Schindler Suzannah maintained a four- Science: year GPA of 3.97 and won Dee Dee Narducci numerous honors, including a Discovery Award in science, Social Studies: Laura state championships in Laura Koelblinger Odyssey of the Mind, a world championship in Destination Sanskrit: ImagiNation, and most Anjali Krystofiak recently, a prestigious four- year QuestBridge scholarship SCI: to Wellesley College. She Anila Cunningham won the Senior Mathematics Anila Award from her teachers and Physical Education: the Maharishi School Service Laura Koelblinger Award from her classmates for four years of excellence.
10 GRADUATIONHONORS
BOYS SCHOOL
Mehul earned top marks in the Boys School with a four-year GPA of 3.99 and a 4.0 average in his senior year. Mehul is a National Merit Commended Scholar, and his teachers awarded him the 2007 Academic Excellence Award. His talent in mathematics and science won him honors throughout his academic career. He was named a Governor’s Scholar through the auspices of the Iowa High School Athletic Association. Mehul is a top athlete. He enjoyed soccer and especially tennis. He won the district doubles championship twice and ranked #5 in state competition. He enjoys playing Ghandarva flute and is a first rate Yogic Flyer.
Ike 2007 Boys School Valedictorian Mehul Kar
Four Years of Achievement
Graham Virginia Buckley Award: Ike Winkler Owen Performing Arts: Graham Thatcher
English: Owen Stowe Salutatorian Newell Allen Noah Mathematics: Noah Caplan Newell earned a four-year GPA of 3.93. He balanced his Science: academic life with a great Devon Jarvis variety of activities, particularly sports. He Devon Social Studies: enjoyed soccer, tennis, track, Atish Dey hockey, rock-hunting, and even dog-sledding. He Atish Sanskrit: completed a Financial Market Vishal Bakshi Analysis apprenticeship and for several years worked on SCI: planting trees to improve the Atish Dey environment. He had a reputation for being on time, Vishal Physical Education: ready to work, highly Owen Stowe motivated, extremely bright, and able to lead and inspire.
11 ACADEMICACHIEVEMENTS
2007 PAUL ESKANAZI AWARD WINNER: DELANEY NARDUCCI
Athletic Hall of Fame
Suzannah Schindler Delaney Narducci is a player with heart. 2007 Girls School Anyone who has ever watched Dee Dee on the Pioneer Award Winner court knows she is the embodiment of positivity. Her can-do spirit, her love of competition, and her sheer joy and exuberance added to the success of Jessica Sparks her teammates and the quality of life in the school sports program. In basketball, she was a member of the District Championship teams of 2004, 2005, and 2006. She helped the whole school to the State Tournament as a member of the SuperConference and Regional Championship team of 2006. She received the Coaches Award in 2007 for her team spirit. In tennis, she was a member of the 2006 and 2007 Regional Championship team. DELANEY NARDUCCI
THE STUDENT VOTE
Happiness Award: Jessica Sparks, Vishal Bakshi Creativity Award: Angela Folz, Owen Stowe Leadership Award: Dee Dee Narducci, Cooper Rose School Service Award: Suzannah Schindler, Ike Winkler
Owen Stowe Ike Winkler
12 GRADUATIONHONORS
2007 PAUL ESKANAZI AWARD WINNER: COOPER ROSE
Athletic Hall of Fame
Devon Jarvis has a lion’s share of style. Vishal Bakshi His hard-driving poise brought him many 2007 Boys School memorable sports victories, particularly in tennis. Pioneer Award Winner He was a member of the District Championship Tennis teams of 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. He was District Singles Champion in 2006. He was District Doubles Champion in 2004 and 2007, and Runner- Up in 2005. He was MVP in 2006 and 2007, leading the team to #2 and #3 rankings at State. His poise at the free throw line during the 2007 SuperConference basketball championship tied the game and threw us into overtime where we clinched the tournament. He received the 2007 Coaches Award for his contribution to the tenacity of the basketball team. DEVON JARVIS
Cooper Rose received the Paul Eskanazi Award for his athletic talent and drive. He was District Tennis Doubles Champion in 2005 and 2006 and Doubles Runner-Up in 2007. He helped the whole tennis team to District Championships in 2005, 2006, and 2007 and to the #2 and #3 rankings at State. COOPER ROSE He also excelled in soccer and basketball. His consistent leadership off the playing field won him an American AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP Citizenship Award from the Iowa State Bar Association and the School AWARD WINNER Leadership Award from his classmates. SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AWARD WINNER
13 ACADEMICACHIEVEMENTS
Making their own luck. . . Golden Triangle Senior Class Honors
Golden Triangle Senior Class Honors
Noah Caplan National Merit Finalist
Angela Folz National Merit Finalist NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP Owen Stowe PROGRAM National Merit Finalist
Angela Folz is continuing her academic career at Maharishi University of Management (M.U.M.). Atish Dey turned down a large scholarship from another private college to study Vedic Medicine at Mehul Kar M.U.M. Mehul Kar is National Merit Commended studying business at the University of Wisconsin- Whitewater. Noah Caplan is following his passion for National Merit Scholarship math and science at Program Finalists rank in the Massachusetts Institute of top 1% and Commended Technology. Owen Stowe, Scholars rank in the top 5% on who was a boarding student PSAT/SAT exams of high at Maharishi School, is now school achievement, which are Atish Dey at Connecticut College, used by colleges to predict National Merit Commended nearer his family home. future academic success.
14 Celebrating Scholarship
Next stop, the Ivy League. . . OFRAL RIDE COMFORTABLE A QUESTBRIDGE SCHOLAR SUZANNAH SCHINDLER won a four-year, full scholarship to the college at the top of her list, Wellesley College in Massachusetts. Wellesley is a liberal arts college for women and has graduated such prominent figures as Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Wellesley awarded the scholarship through the College Match program, administered by QuestBridge, a foundation which matches talented and deserving students with elite colleges. Only 102 students out of a pool of 3,346 applicants were lucky enough to win a full scholarship. Suzannah helped her luck with academic achievements including the Discovery Channel Young Scientists Award, a state championship in Odyssey of the Mind, and a world championship in the Destination ImagiNation creative problem-solving competition. Suzannah Schindler “She’s passionate. She’s public service minded. She will QuestBridge Scholar do great things at Wellesley College,” said QuestBridge CEO Tim Brady.
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF HIGH MEHUL KAR shook GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL SCHOLARS hands with Governor SCHOLAR Chet Culver last spring at a ceremony recognizing ATISH DEY received a letter of congratulations for him as a Governor’s his academic achievements and an invitation to join Scholar. The Governor’s the National Society of High School Scholars from the Office collaborates with Society’s founder Claes Nobel. A senior member of the Iowa High School the Swedish Nobel family, founders of the world- Athletic Association and renowned Nobel Prizes, Mr. Nobel created the society its corporate partner, the to recognize young scholars for their pursuit of Iowa Farm Bureau, to excellence and to encourage them to make a positive honor seniors who are contribution to the global community. the highest academic achievers in their schools. Mehul was selected for the honor based on his grade point average, his SAT scores, and his outstanding achievements on the School’s tennis team, where he earned district and state honors. CITIZENSHIP & SPORTMANSHIP
NOBEL HONORS
15 Vedic Science SM INVINCIBLEAMERICA
Maharishi School students, faculty, parents, and staff joined in the preparations for several hundred Vedic Pandits who arrived last fall from India. Everyone helped to get the rooms cleaned, painted, and furnished. Left: some of the girls helped make garlands.
Creating Greater Coherence in National Consciousness 2006 brought the Invincible America Assembly to the campus of Maharishi University of Management and Maharishi School. Many of our students joined the Super Radiance program in the Golden Domes. Students from the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades helped create the national Super Radiance number of 1700 Yogic Flyers, the square root of one percent of the U.S. population.
Special thanks to the Howard and Alice Settle Foundation for making the Invincible America Assemby possible.
Row 1: Holly Armstrong, Sophia Blitz, Satya Griggs, Rose Hoffman. Row 2: Deena Thiel, Nofiya Denbaum, Sudevi Mosse, Mira Moore, Mary Henderson, Parsha Hobbs, Leya Alderfer, Kristy Thomas. Row 3: Yelana Loiselle, Lanie Goldstein, Ellora Hans Price, Bonnie Carter, Sothea Shreck, Emily Wofford, Sheila Higgins. Row 4: Delaney Narducci, Chetie Daniels, Jessica Sparks, Anjali Krystofiak, Anila Cunningham, Laura Tarnoff, Serena Stakland, Suzannah Schindler. Girls School Invincible America Assembly Participants
16 Vedic Science
EEG research on Yogic Flying indicates that brainwave coherence is maximum at the moment of lift off.
Donnie Chell Ti Liptak Dassan Verstrepen Mehul Kar Owen Stowe
Row 1: Narayana Raiano. Row 2: Josh Posner, Juergen Schoner, Jordan Stakland, John DeAngelis, Elliott Onasch, Yale Shaw, Peter Arnold. Row 3: Newlin Wilkins, David Boyle, Dassan Verstrepen, Ti Liptak, Michael Dearborn, Hagan Rainbow, Owen Blake, Sam Johnson, Noah Caplan. Row 4: Devon Jarvis, Mehul Kar, Owen Stowe, Newell Allen, Ace Boothby, Atish Dey, Ike Winkler, Devan Thomas, Cooper Rose, Tim Shaw.
Boys School Invincible America Assembly Participants
17 MATHEMATICS & SCIENCE
FOUR YEARS OF EXCELLENCE
Graduating senior Noah Caplan has been a mathematical powerhouse at Maharishi School. For the last four years, he has earned the School’s highest score in the annual American Mathematics Contest (AMC). As a freshman, he won the top score in the AMC 10. As a sophomore, he sat for the AMC 12 and won the top score in that more advanced test as well. In his junior year, he made the highest AMC 12 score in the entire state of Iowa. All four years, he scored in the top ten percent of all students taking the AMC test and qualified to sit for the American Invitational Math Exam (AIME). He has consistently ranked among Iowa’s top-ten high school mathematicians.
Some of Mrs. Eyre’s best math students have gone on to become math teachers at Maharishi School. Background: Math Chair Mrs. Eyre, and former students, Ms. Guthrie and Mr. Kennedy
Congratulations to the Middle School MathCounts Team:
Derek Thatcher, Wesley Folz, and Ryan Stakland from CLAES NOBEL EDUCATOR OF DISTINCTION the Boys School
John Connet was selected as a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction by the National and Society of High School Scholars. Mr. Connet has been providing technical expertise and moral support for math students for the last seven years, after he Pandora Wadsworth moved to Fairfield from Chicago where he worked as an engineer for Lucent and Dodie Paige Thiel Technology. He is pictured above with students Angela Folz, Delaney Narducci, from the Girls School. Chetie Daniels and Laura Koelblinger, who were delighted that he received the award. Inset: Mehul Kar, who nominated Mr. Connet for the award as the teacher who made the biggest contribution to his academic career.
18 National Awards, State Medals
DISCOVERY Young Scientist Challenge CHANNEL IOWA SCIENCE National Semi-Finalist AND TECHNOLOGY Raph Burne was one of three FAIR Iowa students selected as semi-finalists in the Discovery Channel Young FIRST PLACE Scientist Challenge, a national science contest honoring students who demonstrate leadership, teamwork, scientific problem- solving skills and the ability to communicate effectively about science. The 2007 semi- finalists were selected from a pool of 1,960 science fair Discovery Award winners across the country. Raph Burne, Junior Champion ISTF State Science Fair
Raph Burne and Atreya Dey their effectiveness in miniature came home with top awards at “rooms” he created out of the Iowa Science and cardboard boxes. He covered Technology Fair (ISTF) in Ames each box with a different last spring. Raph’s study, insulator and then placed a “Sound Insulation Testing,” decibel meter inside to measure won the first-place eighth noise he generated from a grade physical science award nearby water faucet. from the ISTF. The Colleges of Engineering at the University Atreya Dey won a Discovery of Iowa and Iowa State Channel Young Scientist Award University named the study for his study, “Can We Replace overall best in the junior Road Salt with Exothermic physical division and awarded Organic Materials?” Raph a $1,000 prize. He won Exothermic materials like another $100 from the Iowa cayenne pepper, which Atreya Space Grant Consortium, tested in his study, release which ranked the study the top energy in the form of heat. The overall best junior high study won the ISTF second- physical project. place award in the eighth grade physical science division. Go! Atreya Dey Raph investigated six types of magazine gave Atreya their ISTF Discovery Award sound insulation: cotton wool, Innovative Thinking Award ISTF Innovative Thinking Award carpet, cardboard, tiles, bubble and a $50 cash prize. wrap and Styrofoam. He tested
19 EASTERN IOWA SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR SCIENCE EISEF EISEF JUNIOR CHAMPION AWARDS FIRST PLACE Raph Burne 23 Sound WESLEY FOLZ Insulation Test The Effect FIRST PLACE Electromagnetic Field DISCOVERY AWARD Radiation Has on Plants
FIRST PLACE DISCOVERY AWARD ATREYA DEY EMILY PFOUTZ Can We Replace Road Equine Massage: Salt with Exothermic Effects on Horses Organic Materials? EISEF Second Place EISEF Second Place Cargill Industries TAHRA WILKINS 2nd Place Is There a Best Time FPL Energy of Day to Water Your Outstanding Plants? LILA CUTTER Achievment EISEF Second Place Meditation PENELOPE MAKEIG PAAVANI KAR Meets Memory Do Dogs Prefer TV Which Shape of Ice or Music? Melts Fastest? FIRST PLACE EISEF Second Place EISEF Second Place DISCOVERY Alan B. Adams AWARD Meritorious ELYSIA BELILOVE Achievement Award Can Plants Read Your Mind? ANNA BRETT EISEF Honorable After Dinner Mints: Mention What Else Are We Eating? DODIE PAIGE JHANA VALENTINE Epidemiology THIEL Student Association Can You Extend Your How Much 2nd Place Strawberries’ Shelf Bacteria Life? Is on Your RYAN STAKLAND EISEF Honorable Soda Can? Effects of Negative Mention Ionization on Human FIRST PLACE Performance FPL ENERGY EISEF OUTSTANDING Honorable Mention ACHIEVEMENT Epidemiology AWARD Student Association Honorable Mention
20 Learning the Scientific Method
EISEF Award Winners
ATREYA DEY PENELOPE MAKEIG ANNA BRETT
RYAN STAKLAND EMILY PFOUTZ TAHRA WILKINS EASTERN IOWA SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR 2007 PAAVANI KAR ELYSIA BELILOVE DODIE PAIGE THIEL
21 LIVINGLIVING ININ TUNETUNE WITHWITH NATURENATURE
PERMACULTURE AT MAHARISHI SCHOOL
Last spring, the School Parents Association won a $3,400 grant from the Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation to expand the School's ecoscience program.
The grant supports the creation of an edible permaculture landscape in the School's courtyard and greenhouse. Edible landscaping features food-producing plants in the landscape, combining fruit and nut trees, berry bushes, vegetables, herbs, edible flowers and ornamental plants.
The School also received a grant from the J.A. Woollam Foundation to fund a solar rainwater catchment system which is used to teach students about energy and water conservation. Rainwater is pumped to the gardens using the new solar Celebrating Lowe’s Toolbox for Education. Sitting: Mehul Kar, David panel. Students erected the solar Fulcher. Standing: Diana Krystofiak, Newell Allen and Devan Thomas. panel and installed a drip-line system throughout the greenhouse. Installing a New Solar Panel The greenhouse, edible landscape, and solar drip-line system form the core of the School's outdoor learning center, giving students hands-on experience in living sustainably.
Lower, Middle and Upper School students are all involved in planting and maintaining the garden under Learning the Life Cycle of Butterflies the supervision of ecology teacher Diana Krystofiak with the help of School parent Wendy Vessey.
Mrs. Krystofiak, who is also a School parent, secured the J. A. Woollam Foundation grant and inspired the funding from Lowe's Donated by: with the support of Eileen Elsinger The J.A.Woollam Foundation in the School's Grants Office.
22 OUROUR GREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEMECOSYSTEM
Greenhouse plantings include many varieties of vegetables like lettuce, chard, kale, beets, and squash. Maharishi School alumni parent Mary Carter is responsible for spearheading the Buy Fresh Buy Local initiative in Fairfield. in initiative Local Buy Fresh Buy the spearheading for responsible is Carter Mary parent alumni School Maharishi Thanks to all of the parents who have helped make the School greenhouse such a great tool for teaching sustainable living.
Parents and students have begun to sell the produce after school from a table inside the school bus stop.
23 National History Day SOCIAL SCIENCE 2007 Theme: Triumph and Tragedy in History
NATIONAL HISTORY DAY STATE QUALIFIERS
History teacher Marie Loiselle and Maharishi School District Champions
Girls School:
Row 1: Minna Mohammadi, Essa Johnson and Phoebe Carter
Row 2: Paris Lamoureux, Pearl Sawhney, Caroline Fulcher and Jonina Thorsteinsdottir
Boys School:
Row 2: Thomas Weiss and Sam Arsanjani
JUDGE’S CHOICE AWARD
STATE HISTORY DAY AWARDS
Above: Essa Johnson, Jonina Thorsteinsdottir, Paris Lamoureux and Minna Mohammadi stage a survivors’ reunion tea for their group performance project, "The Titanic: The Story of the Unsinkable Ship and Its Survivors."
Right: Sam Arsanjani’s individual exhibit, "Dr. Mossadegh: The Crisis of Oil and Democracy in Iran." JUDGE’S CHOICE AWARD
Both projects won Judge’s Choice Awards.
24 other times, other places. . . SOCIAL SCIENCES
District winner Phoebe Geography Bee Carter competed in the individual performance category with "A Tragedy, a Triumph, a Miracle: the Story of Helen Keller."
In state competition, her performance placed in the finalist group (top six of that category).
District Ryan Smelcer was selected to compete as a winners Pearl semi-finalist in the National Geographic Sawhney and Society’s 2007 Iowa Geographic Bee at Drake Caroline Fulcher University in Des Moines last spring. Ryan was made it to the a finalist in the 2006 competition and has won finalist round the Maharishi School Geography Bee for two at State with years in a row. Thousands of schools around their group the country participate in the Bee, but only the exhibit, top 100 students in each state are invited to "Mahatma compete at the state level. Gandhi: Triumph through Non- Violence."
All of the seventh graders did National History Day projects and worked for over 12 weeks on them as Thomas Weiss's part of their social studies class. After the historical paper on school fair in January, these students "Arthur Ashe: worked on their own time to strengthen Champion to the their projects for the district competition. World" placed first at After the district competition, the nine Districts. At State, winning students again put in many hours Thomas won praise for perfecting their projects in preparation for his excellent relation of the state competition. As a result they have the topic to this year's gone deeply into their topics and are quite theme. knowledgeable about them. They have also gained valuable research skills that will benefit them for the rest of their school careers.
25 BEING PREPARED EAGLE SCOUTS
IKE WINKLER. Eagle Scout honors, including letters and certificates of congratulations from the White House, the Governor, the Senate, and the House of Representatives, added another dimension to graduation time for Ike Winkler. Only two percent of the boys involved in the scouting program achieve the rank of Eagle Scout. To qualify, scouts must earn 21 badges demonstrating physical, mental, moral and social ability and responsibility. The program emphasizes practical, hands-on skills, character building, and leadership development.
To qualify as an Eagle Scout requires a final project that serves the community in a unique way. Ike’s project was a safety and instructional video, “Up the Creek WITH a Paddle - Preparing for Overnight Canoe Trips.” He prepared the video for Maharishi School and Maharishi University of Management and donated a copy to the Fairfield Public Library.
* First Aid * Emergency Preparedness * Citizenship in the or Lifesaving ALL THOSE Community * Environmental Science * Citizenship in the Nation * Personal Management BADGES! * Citizenship in the World * Swimming or Hiking * Communications or Cycling * Personal Fitness * Camping and Family Life
Graduating Senior Graham Thatcher met the tough requirements to become an Eagle Scout early in the year. For his final project, Graham set up the Fairfield Entertainment Funding Organization to sponsor local artists and groups who want to perform locally, but who are short on funds to do so.
He wrote a working manual for the organization, set up a bank account, recruited and met with a working committee and enlisted the support of the Mayor. The project required much more time than most Eagle projects and Graham is continuing his commitment to the project in his free time as a full-time student at Maharishi University of Management.
Josh Adams of the Class of 2006 also attained the Rank of Eagle Scout during his years at Maharishi School. He was involved in the celebration ceremonies honoring both Ike and Graham.
26 BEING PREPARED T O B E in every field of knowledge AT H O M E
Congratulations to the Upper School students who made straight A’s on their report cards every quarter during the 2007 school year.
ALLA A’S ALL YEAR Left:
Mehul Kar Benji Jones Matt Fleshman
Bottom of Page:
Angela Folz Suzannah Schindler Sheila Higgins Nofiya Denbaum Shana Silverman
Congratulations also to all those listed below who brought home one or more straight A report cards this year.
GIRLS SCHOOL: BOYS SCHOOL: Holly Armstrong, Saralyn Bellmer, Sophia Blitz, Minca Borg, Chetie Vishal Bakshi, Owen Blake, Ace Boothby, Daniels, Katie Dinkel, Satya Griggs, Gabrielle Hathaway, Parsha John DeAngelis, Atish Dey, David Fulcher, Hobbs, Rose Hoffman, Laura Koelblinger, Anjali Krystofiak, Joseph Gelfand, Tye Huggins, Devon Jarvis, Gabrielle Lamoureux, Ariana Lisefski, Yelana Loiselle, Mira Moore, Ti Liptak, Tim Shaw, Yale Shaw, Owen Sudevi Mosse, Delaney Narducci, Sylvia Shay, Angela Sickler, Stowe, and Newlin Wilkins. Jessica Sparks, Laura Tarnoff, and Soley Thorsteinsdottir.
27 ACHIEVEMENTS in the arts International Awards: Photo Imaging Educational Association
PIEA MIDDLE SCHOOL HONORABLE MENTION Tahra Wilkins “Box Car”
PIEA MIDDLE SCHOOL HONORABLE MENTION Jay Stewart “Face in Stream”
In the 2007 PIEA photo competition, over 1500 students competed from over a hundred schools in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. From 6,943 images entered, 122 winning photos were selected to tour the world for three years on international exhibition.
PIEA MIDDLE SCHOOL GRAND PRIZE Derek Thatcher “Face in Leaves”
PIEA UPPER SCHOOL EXHIBITOR HONORS Tye Huggins “Sari”
PIEA UPPER SCHOOL EXHIBITOR HONORS PIEA MIDDLE SCHOOL 3RD PLACE Mollie Cutler Jhana Valentine “Shadow Board” “Reflection”
28 The Congressional Arts Competition
Tye Huggins won first place in the Congressional Arts Competion. His photo, titled Derek “Summer,” will hang for a Thatcher year in the “tunnel” leading from the Senate Office Building to the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Tye also won an honorable mention for “Portrait of Darla.” Jhana Valentine
Maria Aalto also Tahra won double Wilkins honors in the contest. Her drawing, “Leonardo Street,” left, placed second and will hang for
Jay a year in the Washington, D.C. office Stewart of Congressman Dave Loebsack.
Her drawing “Westminster,” above, also won an honorable mention.
Mollie Mira Moore won an Cutler honorable mention for “Pomegranate,” left.
Tahra Wilkins won an PIEA honorable mention for her PIEA winning photograph, entered under the title of “Train Reflections.”
29 NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST WINNERS
Toby Briggs
Ali Swigart “Skateboard and Shadow” 3rd place Ali Toby Briggs Toby “Squirrel” 2nd place Swigart
Nathaniel Alexander
Nathaniel Alexander Lane Weaver “Jump” “Make Up Stuff” First Honorable Mention Honorable Mention Lane Weaver
Deena Thiel
Mollie Cutler Deena Thiel, “Blue Hair and Mirror” “Portrait of Mira” Honorable Mention Honorable Mention
Mollie Each fall the Association of Texas Photography Instructors (ATPI) sponsors a national contest. Cutler This year 2,800 prints were submitted from over 50 schools. Our students won six awards.
30 ATPI and Texas A&M National High School Shoot-Out
Our students won nine awards in the 2007 Texas A&M University-Commerce Third Floor Photographic Society National High School Shoot-Out. The competition included 2,356 prints from 29 high schools nationwide. The judges were impressed with the high quality of the work submitted. The images showcased student talents in image design, composition and conceptualization, as well as technical skill and execution.
FIRST PLACE: “Looking at You”
Upper School photography teacher Carolyn Waksman congratulates Texas A&M triple winner Benji Jones. He won first place for “Looking at You” and honorable mentions for “Portrait of Sheila Higgins,” right, and “Girl with Colored Clothing,” far right.
Deena Thiel won third place for “Blue Hair and Mirror,” shown on the previous page. The photo won awards in three contests this year: ATPI, Texas A&M, and Super Conference.
See next page for more winners
Delaney Narducci won an honorable mention Sheila Higgins won an honorable mention for for “Girl with Red Heels.” “Pump Room Door.”
31 TEXAS A&M NATIONAL HIGH SEIC Regional SCHOOL SHOOT-OUT Competition Winners more national winners. . .
Mollie Cutler
Painting Toby Briggs
“Ice Cream Drip” Honorable “Emily” Mention
SUPERCONFERENCE BEST OF SHOW
First Place Winner
Michael Dearborn
“Face through Glass” Honorable Mention
Maria Aalto
Drawing Ike Winkler “Leonardo Street”
“Swirling Flowers” Honorable Mention First Place Winner
32 2007 Southeast Iowa Superconference Art Show
The Southeast Iowa Superconference Art Show was held at Iowa Wesleyan College last spring. Students entered their work into the contest, participated in art workshops, and then visited the University of Iowa Art Museum.
Mira Chris Moore Gomes
“Reaching” Untitled Monotype First Place, Printmaking Third Place, Printmaking
Peter Deena Arnold Thiel
Untitled First Place, “Blue Hair and Mirror” Computer Generated Art First Place, Photography
Nathaniel Laura Alexander Tarnoff
“Country Music”
Third Place, Photography Alena” of “Portrait Honorable Mention, Photography
33 Destination
DESTINATION IMAGINATION BOYS SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS Row 1: Structure Challenge Middle Level: Paul DeAngelis, Toby Walker, Ryan Stakland, Dominic Borg, Holden Ketterhagen Row 2: Structure Challenge Senior Level: Phil Carter, Jay Stewart, Dominic Rabalais, Eric Caplan Row 3: Improv Challenge Senior Level: Hagen Rainbow, Michael Dearborn, Tye Huggins, Nathaniel Alexander, Jordan Stakland, Benji Jones Row 4: CSI Challenge Senior Level: Newlin Wilkins, Ace Boothby, Donnie Chell, Tim Shaw, Owen Stowe, Noah Caplan Not pictured: Jake Gratzon
34 Imagi Nation
DESTINATION IMAGINATION GIRLS SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS Row 1: Acting Challenge Elementary Level: Dia Huggins, Kadie Roberts, Courtney Swanson, Jacqueline Leete, Jaya Muehlman Not pictured: LeAnna Miller and Avery Travis Row 2: Acting Challenge Middle Level: Coco Clark, Tama Eagelson, Auriel Jones, Anna Brett. Not pictured: Penelope Makeig Row 3: CSI Challenge Middle Level: Pandy Wadsworth, Paavani Kar, Tahra Wilkins, Emily Pfoutz, Jhana Valentine Row 4: Acting Challenge Senior Level: Minca Borg, Suzannah Schindler, Serena Stakland and Kristy Thomas
35 36 DI to Maharishi School Maharishi to DI introduced who Headlee Mark Coach and Wilkins, Boothby,2: Ace Row Mark Coach Stowe,Owen Chell Donnie Wilkins, Newlin Caplan, Shaw,Noah Tim Gratzon, 1: Jake Row DESTINATIONWOW!” a What detailed. amazingly and sophisticated “highly as computer the described judges The contacts. switch and electromagnets wire copper and foil tin integrating it, built Gratzon Jake and computer the designed Caplan Noah shards. ice melting between distances of input an on based traveling is Pluto which at speed the compute to engineered precisely computer binary homemade a résistance, de pièce their unveil scenery,rotating and boys music livethe Amid disappeared. mysteriously has who Pluto, drummer their of search in members band funk as planets play.the features play The mystery cosmic a performed and wrote boys the problem, long-term the in score top Tothe win creativity.scientific and artistic both of display their and teamwork their with judges impressed WilkinsShaw,Newlin and Stowe,Owen Tim Gratzon, Jake Chell, Donnie Caplan, Noah WorldteamChampionship membersBoothby, Ace performance. and execution, engineering, design, Renaissance Awardprestigious a outstanding for and Teamplace Boys first wonSchool Upper the where Finals Global advancedto and competition IMAGINATIONIowastate the in first in came teams School Eight competition. problem-solving creative premier world's the program, ImagiNation Destination the in participating teams School Maharishi for year banner wasa 2007 FIRST IN THE WORLD THE IN FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS A New Record
Maharishi School's Destination ImagiNation (DI) program set a new record of eight state championships in 2007. The previous record of seven state titles was set by our school in 2005. The best part about winning a state championship is qualifying for Global Finals. This is year, eight teams, 43 students in all, made the trip to Knoxville, Tennessee, joining 8,000 students from North and South America, Europe, and Asia to celebrate creativity, problem solving, pin trading, and friendly competition.
Senior Suzannah Schindler has been to the Global Finals five times now, but “every year it's still awesome,” she says. Every year, the teams get a new crop of long-term challenges to solve.
The Acting Challenge was the favorite problem in Elementary Girls Team: Dia Huggins, Kadie Roberts, the Girls School this year, with teams competing at Courtney Swanson, Jacqueline Leete, Jaya Muehlman, the elementary, middle and secondary levels. LeAnna Miller, and Avery Travis
Each DI challenge has a list of specifications that the judges use for scoring. The Acting Challenge specs call for an 8-minute play about a hero who overcomes a challenge, performed as theater in the round, with a technical prop that operates without electricity.
The Middle School state championship team (Auriel Jones, Anna Brett, Penelope Makeig, Coco Clark, and Tama Eagleson, pictured below) brought their story to life with a Rube Goldberg machine. The lever-activated machine would ring bells, shoot up paper hearts, and spew confetti in the air whenever a character would fall in love. Middle School Girls Team
Above, Upper School Girls Team: ACTING Suzannah Schindler, Serena Stakland, and Minca Borg. Not pictured: Kristy Thomas CHALLENGE
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Above Right: Owen Stowe and Newlin Wilkins. Center Right:
Color, Sound & Color, Illumination Jake Gratzon, Noah Caplan, Tim Shaw, and Ace Boothby. Below Right: Ace Boothby, Donnie Chell, and Tim Shaw.
Middle School girls Paavani Kar, Emily Pfoutz, Pandy Wadsworth, Tahra Wilkins and Jhana Valentine also tackled the CSI Challenge and won a state championship. Their story about a stolen dreamcatcher had a script made entirely of questions.
On the way to inspiration, it takes perseverance to keep working. Some days nothing seems to go right. But everyone agrees that working together as a team is the most fun and most valuable lesson in the Clockwise from Left: Tahra Wilkins, Pandy Wadsworth, program. Paavani Kar, Emily Pfoutz, and Jhana Valentine.
39 Switching TraDItions IMPROV CHALLENGE
The long-term DI problems take months of work. The teams begin in October and meet for several hours every week all through the school year. At each level of competition, the solutions change, becoming more refined. Senior Serena Stakland says that the most surprising thing is how everything comes together by competition time.
The motivation to keep going is the ownership the students feel for their projects. They are free to solve their problems independently and without adult interference, which is strictly prohibited according to DI rules. This approach is very empowering. As Serena puts it, “Your ideas can become a reality.”
Those who enjoy the creative freedom but don't have as much time to commit to the program can choose Below, Upper School Boys Improv Team: (left to right) the Improv Challenge. The 11th grade Michael Dearborn, Tye Huggins, Benji Jones, Nathaniel Alexander, boys, who had SATs, sports and other Jordan Stakland and Hagen Rainbow. commitments, opted for this problem. Some advance preparation was required. This year they had to research six different nations and traditions.
At the competition, they had to improvise a skit with three scenes. For each scene they drew from a hat a “Nation” card and a “Sensory Experience” card telling them what to include in the scene. The skit had to incorporate a randomly selected picture, a randomly selected situation, and a “traDItionator,” a prop they had to construct on the spot from materials they brought to the tournament. They had 30 minutes to come up with a coherent, 6-minute story. The Improv problem cultivates DESTINATION creativity and the ability to think on IMAGINATION your feet and be ready for anything.
40 LANGUAGE ARTS
Luke Hillis in Iowa Theater Company’s “The Foreigner”
Mr. Hawkins’ speech class entertained the school with drama and mime.
Classical mythology, archetypes and home-made thrones brought out the “goddesses” in the 7th grade girls’ English class.
Edification and entertainment: Mr. Kepler’s boys wrote skits in the style of famous authors and performed them for each other.
41 SM MUSIC Maharishi Gandharva Veda Music
Enlivening impulses of the Laws of Nature in our surroundings
Flute Master Binay Krishna Baral and his Middle School students
42 Music in the Upper School MUSIC
Natural evolution: from practice to performance
Congratulations to violinists Lee Anne Blackmore and Anjali Krystofiak for being chosen to perform in the All-State Orchestra.
Virtuosos!
Bands, Vocals, CDs and Celebrations
43 MUSIC Choral Music
Patty Dollive (Choir) and Dorothy Rowe (Orchestra)
44 Orchestra MUSIC
Honoring the Founder of the Maharishi School Orchestra
Maharishi Award Winner Dr. Donald Crim
Dr. Crim exemplified a life of harmony. He was educated at Eastman School of Music. Music was a central theme of his life. He played trumpet in the army band and sang in his church choir for 62 years.
He had a love of education. He graduated with the highest honors from Ohio State University and received a Ph.D. from Cornell University in cultural anthropology.
Dr. Crim was a man who took initiative. He established the undergraduate curriculum in anthropology at Colorado State University. He helped establish the Fort Collins, Colorado chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America. Finally, he established the instrumental music program at Maharishi School, training and encouraging the children, and even donating the funds to pay for many of the instruments.
We will always remember the love he expressed to us all.
45 PIONEER SPORTS
2006-2007 VARSITY SOCCER TEAM
Row 1: Lucas James, Ti Liptak, Chris Gomes, Coach Brendan Higgins, Jay Stewart, David Boyle, Phil Carter, Peter Arnold, Yale Shaw. Row 2: Donnie Chell, Devon Jarvis, Hagen Rainbow, Josh Posner, Sam Johnson, Nathaniel Alexander, Benji Jones, Cooper Rose, Owen Stowe, Lane Weaver. Row 3: Manu Gibson, Newell Allen, Eric Caplan, Owen Blake, Michael Dearborn, Jordan Stakland, Mehul Kar, Ace Boothby, Atish Dey.
Most Valuable Player Most Improved Player Coaches Award Cooper Rose Owen Stowe Cooper Rose
46 Soccer Season
47 PIONEER SPORTS
2006-2007 VARSITY VOLLEYBALL TEAM
Head Coach Anna Shook, Sheila Higgins, Laura Tarnoff, Suzannah Schindler, Saralyn Bellmer, Lanie Goldstein, Nofi Denbaum, Choey Shreck, Dorothy Kern and Assistant Coach Amellia Schuldt.
Most Valuable Player Most Improved Player Coaches Award Laura Tarnoff Sheila Higgins and Saralyn Bellmer Suzannah Schindler
48 Volleyball
49 PIONEER SPORTS BASKETBALL
2007 BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM Assistant Coach Bruce Carter, Coach Mitch Haas, Hagen Rainbow, Nicholas Schwartz, Josh Posner, Devon Jarvis, Cooper Rose, David Fulcher, Lucas James, Donnie Chell, Owen Blake, Vishal Bakshi, Sam Johnson, Ti Liptak, and David Boyle.
Most Valuable Player Most Improved Player Coaches Award Owen Blake Hagen Rainbow Devon Jarvis
50 2007 Superconference Tournament Champions
Vishal Bakshi Owen Blake David Boyle Donnie Chell
David Fulcher Lucas James Devon Jarvis Sam Johnson
Ti Liptak Josh Posner Hagen Rainbow Cooper Rose
Nick Schwartz
51 PIONEER SPORTS
Row 1: Rose Hoffman, Leya Alderfer, Lanie Goldstein, Sheila Higgins, Delaney Narducci. Row 2: Raina Dollive, Sophia Blitz, Katie Dinkel, Gabrielle Hathaway, Shana Silverman. Row 3: Ellora Hans-Price, Bonnie Carter, Holly Armstrong, Minca Borg, Nofiya Denbaum, Dorothy Kern. Inset: Coach Brendan Higgins
Most Valuable Player Most Improved Player Coaches Award Bonnie Carter Nofiya Denbaum Delaney Narducci
52 Girls Basketball
Leya Alderfer Holly Armstrong Sophia Blitz Minca Borg
Bonnie Carter Nofiya Denbaum Katie Dinkel Raina Dollive
Lanie Goldstein Ellora Hans-Price Gabrielle Hathaway Sheila Higgins
Rose Hoffman Dorothy Kern Delaney Narducci Shana Silverman
53 PIONEER SPIRIT
Assistant Coach Olivia Lopez with Pep Squad
54 Varsity Pep Squad
Chetie Daniels Sothea Shreck
Yelana Loiselle Serena Stakland
Kristy Thomas Coach Denyce Rusch
55 PIONEER SPORTS 2007 BOYS VARSITY TRACK TEAM
Row 1: Nathaniel Alexander, Elliott Onasch, Pasha Bousquet, Dominic Rabalais, David Boyle, Peter Arnold. Row 2: Coach Joe Verstrepen, Newell Allen, Atish Dey, Dassan Verstrepen, Lane Weaver, Donnie Chell. Inset: Graham Thatcher
Most Valuable Player Most Improved Player Coaches Award Dassan Verstrepen Peter Arnold Lane Weaver
56 Boys Track and Field
Congratulations to our 4 x 800 Relay Team: Newell Allen, Peter Arnold, David Boyle, and Atish Dey 2007 SUPERCONFERENCE 4 X 800 RUNNERS-UP 800 X 4 SUPERCONFERENCE 2007 CARDINAL MEET 4 X 800 METER RELAY: CARDINAL #1 MEET 4 X 800 METER RELAY:
57 PIONEER SPORTS
2007 GIRLS VARSITY TRACK TEAM
Row 1: Choey Shreck, Coach Jim Rocca, Lanie Goldstein. Row 2: Kristy Thomas, Dorothy Kern, Sophia Blitz. Row 3: Sudevi Mosse, Gabrielle Hathaway, Yelana Loiselle, Katie Dinkel, Deena Thiel, Rose Hoffman, Soley Thorsteinsdottir.
58 Girls Track and Field
Most Valuable Player Most Improved Player Coaches Award Lanie Goldstein Yelana Loiselle Katie Dinkel
Favorite Meet: WACO Conference Tournament The girls won first place in the 4 x 100 meter and one-mile medley relays.
Choey Shreck, Kristy Thomas, Katie Dinkel
Dorothy Kern, Yelana Loiselle and Kristy Thomas, Sophie Blitz
Defending District Champion Lanie Goldstein was a 100-meter State Qualifier in 2007.
A NEW SCHOOL RECORD: 158.96 IN THE SPRINT MEDLEY RELAY
59 BOYS TENNIS
2007 DISTRICT CHAMPIONS AND THIRD PLACE IN STATE TEAM TOURNAMENT
Row 1: Mehul Kar, Jay Stewart, Ti Liptak, Cooper Rose, Benji Jones, Devon Jarvis. Row 2: Josh Posner, Collin Petit, Joseph Gelfand, Jordan Stakland, Sam Johnson, Owen Blake, Coach Lawrence Eyre.
Most Valuable Player Most Improved Player Coaches Award Devon Jarvis Mehul Kar Joseph Gelfand
60 District Champions
District Doubles Champions Devon Jarvis and Mehul Kar. The boys finished fifth in the State Doubles Championship.
Ti Liptak finished sixth in the 2007 State Singles Championship.
2007 DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
District Doubles Runners-Up Cooper Rose and Owen Blake
Our Boys Team won the District Championship for the 14th time in the last 20 years. They made it to the Final Four at State for the 10th time, finishing third in the state team tournament by defeating Red Oak 5-1 in the consolation final. In state singles play, Ti Liptak placed 6th. In state doubles play, District Doubles Champions Mehul Kar and Devon Jarvis placed 5th with a victory over teammates Cooper Rose and Owen Blake, who were District Doubles Runners-Up.
61 GIRLS TENNIS
Left to Right: Suzannah Schindler, Minolli Nayagar, Sheila Higgins, Nofiya Denbaum, Chetie Daniels, Bonnie Carter, Leya Alderfer, Ellora Hans-Price, Raina Dollive, Kenzie Wacknov, Delaney Narducci, Holly Armstrong, Mollie Cutler, Angela Sickler, and Coach Brendan Higgins.
Most Valuable Player Most Improved Player Coaches Award Angela Sickler Bonnie Carter Sheila Higgins
62 From the Sweet Sixteen to the Elite Eight
Angela Sickler
Wins by doubles partners Leya Alderfer and Mollie Cutler and by singles players Leya Alderfer, Mollie Cutler, Sheila Partners Bonnie Carter and Sheila Higgins won third place in the Higgins, and Angela Sickler led the team regional doubles competition with a victory over Centerville. to victory in the exciting regional playoff match with Fairfield High School.
Delaney Narducci Holly Armstrong Leya Alderfer Mollie Cutler
Chetie Nofi Raina Ellora Minolli Suzannah Kenzie Daniels Denbaum Dollive Hans-Price Nayagar Schindler Wacknov
63 PIONEER GOLF
2007 VARSITY GOLF TEAM
Seated: John DeAngelis
Kneeling: David Fulcher Hagen Rainbow
Standing: Matt Fleshman Tye Huggins Coach Ed Hipp Alden Rowe Yale Shaw
Most Valuable Player Most Improved Player Coaches Award John DeAngelis Hagen Rainbow Tye Huggins
64 Though the team graduated nine seniors who had propelled the team to a #6 state ranking in 2006, our current team has a strong leader in Team Captain John DeAngelis. John won numerous medals during the spring 2007 season for the best score of the event in both match and tournament play.
John DeAngelis Matt Fleshman David Fulcher
Tye Huggins Hagen Rainbow Alden Rowe
Yale Shaw
65 Saralyn Adele Toby Louise Bellmer Briggs
Anila Maya Chetana Cholena Angela Danielle Laura Lynn Anjali Maria Cunningham Daniels Folz Koelblinger Krystofiak
Delaney Franke Suzannah Beth Jessica Caitlin Serena Paloma Laura Avery Narducci Schindler Sparks Alvarez Stakland Tarnoff
66 Newell Grant Vishal Deepak Avery D. (Ace) Allen Bakshi Boothby
Noah Caplan Donald Erwin Atish Dipankar Devon Michael Jacob Benjamin Chell, Jr. Dey Jarvis Levin Gratzon
Mehul Om Kar Cooper E. Rose Timothy Arthur Owen Brooks Graham York Shaw Stowe Thatcher
John Devan Newlin Austin Isaac (Ike) Matthew Thomas Wilkins Woodson Winkler
67 UPPER SCHOOL BOYS Grades 10-12
68 Grades 10-12 UPPER SCHOOL GIRLS
69 MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS Grades 7-9
70 Grades 7-9 MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS
71 LOWER SCHOOL BOYS Grades 1-6
72 Grades 1-6 LOWER SCHOOL GIRLS
73 KINDERGARTEN AND PRE-SCHOOL
Photography, Editing, Design: June Oliver Advertising: Fran Clark Proofreading: Fran Clark, Martha Colby, June Schindler
Thanks to all the parents and friends of the School who helped raise the funds for this project. Special thanks to Lin Mullenneaux for senior portraits.
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74 CONTENTS
1. Our Founder ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS 2. School Administration 46. Soccer 4. Thanks to Our Donors 48. Volleyball 50. Basketball ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS 54. Pep Squad 10. Valedictorians and Salutatorians 56. Track and Field 12. Graduation Honors 60. Tennis 14. Scholarship Awards 64. Golf 16. Vedic Science 18. Math and Science Fair CLASS PHOTOS 22. Ecocience 66. The Class of 2007 24. Social Science 68. Upper School 26. Eagle Scouts and All A’s 70. Middle School 72. Lower School ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE ARTS 74. Kindergarten/Preschool 28. Visual Arts 34. Destination ImagiNation 41. Language Arts 42. Music