Dear Parents and Friends, Maharishi School students are learning where their food comes from by cultivating the school's edible landscape and 4,100 square foot greenhouse. We are raising money to build an on-site kitchen so we can start cooking! And you can help: "Like" the Maharishi School Edible Schoolyard on Facebook. Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/MaharishiSchoolEdibleSchoolyard Each... Read More »
My fellow Maharishi School Supporters, Show and tell time! I wanted to show you a program I've created and have been running in my class: Lesson Adventure Lesson Adventure is a website that I made that takes school practice sheets and turns them into an online role-playing game. Since you've all had contact with kids, I... Read More »
We just launched our fundraising campaign for the seed-to-table kitchen at Maharishi School. Visit this link on Kickstarter to watch the short video and find out how YOU can help students learn where their food comes from - hands-on. Here we are in southeast Iowa, home of factory farms and fast-food culture, a culture that promotes... Read More »
From Issue 6 TMMagazine.org by Dr. Richard Beall - April 2012 As Head of Maharishi School, people commonly ask me, “What is different about Maharishi School?” We’re a college prep school, so our students learn about quadratic equations, cell mitosis, literary analysis, historical perspective, and all the rest. But what makes learning at Maharishi School unique? In... Read More »
For over ten years film icon George Lucas has been a catalyst for educational innovation with his online publication "edutopia." He identifies promising practices "to help students receive a 21st century education." This widely circulated and respected source now includes the Quiet Time program, with the Transcendental Meditation program, among its list of recommended strategies. I... Read More »
Dear Friends, Forty-some years ago, when Maharishi met with a group of educators to formulate the principles of natural law for the Science of Creative Intelligence curriculum, they made the #1 principle:“The Nature of Life Is to Grow.” Growth is woven into every aspect of our lives: physical, mental, spiritual. In the context of institutions, it... Read More »
Dear Friends, The clock is ticking. Our Senior Class is approaching the final quarter of their highly decorated school careers. Think of all this Class has achieved: State championships in speech, science, poetry, robotics and Destination ImagiNation. Volunteered for a wide variety of school and community service projects Leadership of their Student Councils Back-to-back State Runner-Up... Read More »
Our own Lijuan Cai, International Student Advisor, and her husband Yunxiang Zhu, Vice President of Asia Expansion and Professor of Management at MUM, had the honor of greeting Xi Jinping, Vice President of China, on his visit to Moline, Iowa. Here are two news reports: Chinese Couple Excited About Vice President's Muscatine Visit From The Gazette: Mike... Read More »
Dear Maharishi School Parents, The last few weeks have been jammed with special activities, with more approaching. Jamie Vollmer’s Call to Action It began with the seminar organized by the MUM Education Department, featuring our own Jamie Vollmer. Jamie is a nationally acclaimed author and speaker on school-community relations, Fairfield-based and parent of two Maharishi School... Read More »
ADDvantage, the Magazine for the United States Professional Tennis Association, features Lawrence Eyre, 2009 USPTA National High School Coach of the Year. Get your game on track with meditation and yoga by Eric Hinchman, USPTA January 2012--The mind of a tennis player is the craziest thing. Consider the 1975 Wimbledon men's final when Arthur Ashe defeated... Read More »