TAble of ConTenTS Dedication .............................................3 Board of Trustees ............................... 5 School Administration ....................... 6 Thanks to our Donors ........................ 7 2009 2010 Academic Achievements ...............8-16 The Class of 2010 .........................55-56 Valedictorians and Salutatorians Graduation Honors Academic Achievements .............57-61 Scholarships and Awards Graduation Honors SM Consciousness-based education Awards Scholarships and Awards Straight A’s Consciousness-based educationSM Awards Math and Science fair Math and Science fair ecoscience bike fest Art Achievements ..........................62-67 Art Achievements ..........................17-25 Destination Imagination Visual Arts Visual Arts Destination Imagination Speech Competition Speech Competition Music Athletic Achievements .................68-71 Athletic Achievements .................26-34 Soccer Soccer Volleyball Volleyball basketball basketball Tennis Tennis Golf Golf Track and field Track and field Class Photos .................................. 72-77 Gold Pages Advertisers ...............35-48 Upper School Class Photos .................................. 49-54 Middle School The Class of 2009 lower School Upper School Preschool Middle School lower School Preschool Photography: Rig Gelfand Contributing Photographers: Werner elmker, Theresa Sickler Senior Portraits: Sharon Koelblinger Advertising: fran Clark Design: bordow Graphics editing: fran Clark, June Schindler Printing: frontline Printing, fairfield, Iowa www.maharishischooliowa.org 641-472-9400 2 Maharishi School – Achievements 2009 & 2010 “In their intelligence will shine the world’s most perfect wisdom.” – Maharishi 3 4 Maharishi School – Achievements 2009 & 2010 Board of Trustees Dr. bevan Morris Chairman of the board Jim Davis Marc freeman bill Goldstein Shelley Gratzon Richard Hobbs Peter Huggins Chris Jones Camille Jorgensen Sam lieb Janet nichols Craig Pearson emmanuel Titus Chet Swanson Susan Tracy “In their intelligence will shine the world’s most perfect wisdom.” – Maharishi 5 Message from the Director You can come home again, and what a We found promise for the future and home it is. the determination to achieve that potential. And then, over these past In October 2008, my wife Andrea and two years, we’ve seen that energy and I returned to Maharishi School when creativity accomplish countless goals. I was appointed Head of School. We had helped establish the Middle and In 1981 we were the only Conscious- Upper schools in 1981, organized the ness-Based school in the world. Now, TM program in Bulgaria in 1990- with the advocacy of Dr. Ashley 1991, and I had completed my Ph.D. Deans (Maharishi School’s Executive in 1996. Director and the Global Ambassador of Consciousness-Based Education) After 11 years in North Carolina as and the generous support of the David National Director for the Conscious- Lynch Foundation, we see hundreds ness-Based Education Association of schools and thousands of students Dr. Richard beall and then director of a public charter sharing in the practice of the TM Head of School school, it was time to return home. technique. It’s a new day, and as more Maharishi School Our exciting, adventurous life with educators awaken to the value of Consciousness-Based Education had this approach, we should also expect come full circle. trends in society to reflect more har- What we discovered was no surprise: mony, creativity, and alignment with an outstanding, dedicated faculty that natural law. combined veteran leadership with It’s an honor to be back with you. an innovative contingent of talented Andrea and I look forward to the young alumni, along with a diverse growth of enrollment in the coming population of students and families years, and with it, more achievements growing in coherence and demonstrat- from this ideal system of education. ing success in many activities and initiatives. Jai Guru Dev We found a school bursting with Dr. Richard Beall, Head of School sustainable green projects, resources, and enthusiasm. School Council front row, left to right: laurie baumann, Girls School Principal laura bordow, lower School Director June Schindler, finance officer back row, left to right: Dale Monson, Administrative Director Richard beall, School Director Terry Weiss, Personnel Director 6 Maharishi School – Achievements 2009 & 2010 Maharishi School Donors With our deepest Robert and Susan Daniels Peter and Patty Dollive appreciation: Diana Davidson barbara Dreier The David Lynch Foundation Raja Graham and leanne de freitas William eccles Thank you!Scott Demaree enlightened Management Donors $10,000-$15,000 lewis Denbaum fairfield Accounting Services, Inc. everybody’s Whole foods, Inc. Wally DeVasier Sean and Kaeli ferguson Donors $5000-$10,000 Darlyne engelman Jeffrey fernyhough Anonymous Peter and Patricia fenton John fillinger Darwin Technology USA, Inc. fleshman Consulting, Inc. Murray and Gloria foster Jim and Diane Davis James furey John freeberg Stuart and evelyn Zimmerman Rich and Sally Haerr Paul Handelman David Hanson Tim Hawthorne Donors $1000 - $3000 Hugh and laurie Harvey Hawthorne Direct, Inc. Anonymous brooke Hinchman Richard and Viji Hobbs Jeffrey and Raj Rajeshwari David Jackson Allan Hosler Rona Abramson Jerome and Deborah Jarvis bob and Rebecca Hougher Richard and Andrea beall Demetri Kanellakos Charles and Donna Huggins Jim and Ginger belilove Douglas Klauber Peter and Sue Huggins Joseph and linda Scher berman Dennis and Kiki Kossow Deanna Julsen Sara bliss Thomas lenhardt Peter lamoureux Gary and noelle boucherle ed and Vicki Malloy Maharishi Ayurveda Products Joseph and Christine boxerman Jay and Susan Marcus International, Inc. Seth braun Mac and ellen Muehlman lynne Marshall fran Clark John and belinda Mulliken German and Marina Martina Michael and Sooneeta eisner olive branch foundation Curtis and Sherry McDonald estate of William Crist Anil Patil beverly Merson Tom and Roxanne factor James Pearson Roger and Connie Miller edward and Mary Gomes Sharalyn Pliler Carol Miseo-Hardin Joseph and Valerie Janlois Raccoon Valley bank Mary Ann Mitchell Tom and Sandy Kelly Charitable foundation Rick and Jean Mofsen bryan and emily Kelly A.J. Rachele ed and Alice Monk Toby lieb Tim Roberts Isaac nevas bob and Carol Markowitz Thomas and Dorothy Rowe len and Dena oppenheim Robert Mcevoy Maureen Sharp Patrick Piel Randy and noel nite Michael and Rosemary Spivak elaine and Patrick Pomfrey overland Sheepskin Co., Inc. Max Steinberg bobbie Ringwalt Reader’s Digest Matching funds Talentpro Consulting, Inc. Claudia Roscamp Walter and ellen Reifslager Thaddeus Computing, Inc. Ken and Sheila Ross Raja Steve Rubin Sandra Tobias Seminar Crowds, Inc. laurie and Renee Sluser Rick and Sue Weller Donald Sloan Ronald and Maricela Stakland Dennis Smith Janet and Dale Steinback Donors $250-$500 Karen Kulikowski and Jon Spar The berman family foundation Anonymous (11) Paul and Donna Steeck The David l. lieb foundation, Inc. AAA Analogy Service Corp. Robert and Donna Steinberg Daniel Walker Richard and Rosalie borg Paul and Mary Tarnoff Mark and Joanne Wilkins Henrietta Marie borman-Grinter Steven Town Carol Chesnutt and Paul Winer Robert and Cynthia buck Robert Truog Marcelo Zambrano edward and barbara Mays Charles Viola lijuan Cai and Yunxiang (Sean) Zhu Joseph Carbonaro nancy Watkins Margaret Chesnutt lewis Weiss Donors $500-$1000 Pradheep and Priya Chhalliyil Doug Wingate Tyler Cleveland Anonymous (3) lance and bernie Yedersberger Creative edge Master Shop, Inc. Samuel and Mary boothby Arthur Yuenger Pamela Curlee Conference Calls Unlimited, Inc. Jim and Qing Yang Dallas Joel and Kathleen Cook Peter DeCicco Danaher oil Company “In their intelligence will shine the world’s most perfect wisdom.” – Maharishi 7 2009 Academic Achievements & Graduation Honors Girls School nofiya achieved award winning aca- demic excellence while maintaining a full schedule of student government, Katie Dinkel sports, work, and community service. She was an American Mathematics Performing Arts Competition School Winner, and with Katie Dinkel her straight A average, nofiya was also awarded an Academic Achieve- English ment Award from IGHSAU for Deena Thiel maintaining her excellent academic standing while actively participating Math in JV and Varsity Volleyball for all four years of high school. She was nofiya Denbaum Thiel Deena honored with the “Most Valuable Player” award for Volleyball senior Science year, and also received an Honor- Parsha Hobbs able Mention at All-Conference. In addition to actively playing volleyball Social Studies all four years, nofiya played JV and Mira Moore Varsity basketball and tennis all four years. Nofiya Denbaum Valedictorian nofiya Denbaum Sanskrit While in Upper School, she regularly contributed each week to raising com- Parsha Hobbs munity and global consciousness through the TM-Sidhi program. nofiya served her School and classmates as Student Council Treasurer, junior year, and as Student Science of Creative Council President, senior year. Intelligence® (SCI) Mary Henderson Parsha won awards in the field of Physical Education science and engineering, and proved Parsha Hobbs her academic excellence, while Alexandra Joy actively pursuing an extracurricular education of the arts. Her awards Pioneer Award for Science and engineering include nofiya Denbaum Grand Prize, first Prize and the Discovery Channel Award. Parsha Athletic Hall of Fame also received the Science Depart- Katie Dinkel ment