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Transcendental Meditation are apparent in the outstanding performance in diverse areas by meditating students.
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Recent achievements of the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, Iowa, USA by Global Good News staff writer Iowa's largest newspaper, the Des Moines Register, recently ran a front-page article comparing high school graduates from small and larger schools and how they performed in their first year at a university. Graduates from Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment performed so well in their first year at a university that the Maharishi School was listed among the top five schools in the state. Maharishi School students also excelled at the State Science Fair this year, coming away with major prizes. ‘This is the first time that two ninth grade boys have been chosen to represent the state as observers to the International Science Fair at Atlanta, Georgia,’ said Maharishi School science teacher Mousumi Dey. 'This is a rare honour since only two such candidates and their sponsoring teacher are chosen every year and get a fully funded trip.’ The Fairfield Ledger recently reported in their Sports Briefs that the Maharishi School girls' track team competed in the UNI Indoor track meet. Senior Lani Goldstein finished 22nd out of 214 runners in the 60-metre dash, and then joined Katie Dinkel, Sheila Higgins, and Yolanda Loiselle to set a new Maharishi School record in the 4x200 relay, posting a time of 1:57:46. The girls beat the previous record of 1:58:17 set in 1999. History Day Six of the Maharishi School seventh graders were chosen to compete at the state competition in Des Moines in April. The entire seventh grade class competed against twelve other schools at the History Day District on 18 March. The competition was held at the Fairfield Arts and Convention Centre for the first time. Teacher Marie Loiselle and parent Donna Nelson accompanied them, with many other parents attending for parts of the day. Judges representing the district were John Huff and Gary Gagnon. District winners, their projects and categories were: Individual Documentary: Olin Knight, ‘Conflict Over the Destruction of Smallpox’. Science Fair All eighth grade students of Maharishi School participated in the Super Conference Science Fair in Burlington, Iowa. There were some interesting and innovative projects for the judges to evaluate. These projects were later on display at the Maharishi School. The award winners were: Pearl Sawhney, silver medal in the Junior Physical Science Division: ‘Digestion of Animal and Plant Protein’; Thomas Weiss, bronze medal in the Junior Physical Science division: ‘What is the Best Coat Insulation’; Sam Arsanjani, bronze medal in the Junior Biological Division: ‘The Effects of Certain Neuroplasticity Exercises on the Stoop Effect'. Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair Competition The Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair is a science and engineering project competition for students in grades six through twelve from schools throughout eastern Iowa. Each March the students come to the Fair to exhibit the results of their experiments and compete for prizes. The top prize is a trip to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in May, where they compete with the best students from around the world. Four students from the Maharishi School competed in the Senior Division against some of the best students in the State of Iowa who have been working on their projects for at least four years at the University of Iowa/Iowa State University labs. A total of 217 students attended, with 171 exhibits. There were 39 exhibits at the senior level, mostly by seniors and juniors, Upward Bound, and TAG students. This was the first year of participation in the senior division for Maharishi School students, and they came away with five prizes. They are as follows: Matt Fleshman and Joseph Gelfand, ‘Water Filtration: Natural vs. Manufactured’: Class I, Senior Physical (Cash Prize). Raph Burne, ‘Sound Insulation: What Materials Insulate Best in Different Climates?’: Class II, Senior Physical (Cash Prize) and Alan B. Adams Meritorious Achievement (Cash Prize). Atreya Dey, ‘Which is the Best De-Icer: Organic, Inorganic, or a Combination of Both?’ Honourable Mention, Senior Physical and Alan B. Adams Meritorious Achievement (Cash Prize). These students have also been selected to attend the State Science Fair at Ames, Iowa on 28 March and 29 March 2008. This was the first time that all of the participating Maharishi School students have been selected to present at the seminar section of the state competition. This is one of the most difficult sections to enter, since the level of work has to be superlative and only eight entries in each category are selected to present their project to a panel of University of Iowa and Iowa State professors, research scholars, and Intel judges. This was indeed a rare opportunity and honour for Maharishi School students. Also, it is very rare that high school students in their first and second year would be so honoured, since the top awards are usually awarded to those in their third and forth year.
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