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COVID-19 Information

Keeping our school community healthy and safe

Learn about our  2021-22 Return to Learn plan.

Message from Head of School


I’m posting this message on Tuesday, September 14th.

Last week we had our first positive case for a student since winter break, 20 months ago. Our school community has been steadfast in our collective commitment to stay safe and healthy. At present, 97% of our students and 100% of our teachers are wearing masks daily, in addition to social distancing and other hygiene protocols.

That is remarkable and significant because each day seems to bring new developments with the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus. We monitor news information and adhere to the decisions by the government (Governor, Departments of Education and Public Health), by our accrediting agency (ISACS), and by our parent organization (Maharishi International University). And we value the input of our parents, guardians, students, faculty, staff, and Board of Directors.

Our pledge is to stay transparent, work together with all constituents, and move forward to keep our students and faculty/staff healthy and safe while providing the strongest possible holistic learning experience for our students.

All the very best,

Dr. Richard Beall

Maharishi School Head

Being Vulnerable Together

Support through emotional and financial strains

We are in new territory and we are in this together. Many in our school community, students, and adults alike may experience mental health challenges during this period of isolation and many may also experience financial hardships.

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As an institution, we are committed to supporting our families and students.  Please communicate if your student needs time with our mental health counselor or if you need an alternative tuition payment plan. We also have many community members with glorious vegetable gardens who would be happy to share. 

As a community, let’s commit to providing encouragement and support for each other, especially our students’ continued engagement in Remote Learning. Then, come next school year, we will look back on this strange time and see that we responded with tenacity, perseverance, and patience. As difficult as this may be, I hope we can also remember–and share with our children–the blessings we have in this Maharishi School community:

  • The safety of a small town actively practicing social distancing.
  • The minimal number of confirmed cases thus far.
  • The ability to continue learning, with teachers’ dedication and our access to technology.

Not everyone in our country is as fortunate.

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Supporting the Student through Crisis

Dear Middle and Upper School Parents,

We believe that in-person learning is the most effective and that the remote approach to learning is not ideal.  However, our desire is to support each family in the way they believe best supports their children which is why we are offering both learning approaches. While some of our students have taken to screen school with aplomb and even a greater degree of confidence, others have reported that it is stressful and tiring to be on computers all day long—and that meeting their friends only virtually makes them feel their isolation more acutely.  Let’s talk about the social-emotional wellbeing of our students. The stress and anxiety that adults experience are felt even more intensely by our adolescents, though they may express their feelings in ways that are hard to interpret and even downright exasperating.

As adults, we need to help our students/children reframe these challenging times in a way that is realistic, recognizes the grief and loss they are experiencing—but gives them hope for the future.

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Last spring, in acknowledgment of the challenge and of the emotional toll this isolation is taking, I sent links to websites outlining the Hero’s Journey as a paradigm for channeling the highs and lows of this unprecedented time into a storyline that might help transform and redeem the experience. I even included a diagram that illustrated the stages of that journey for young people.

Shortly after I sent the mail to parents and staff, I received a reply from Ed Hipp, long-time friend of the school and golf coach extraordinaire.  He gave me permission to quote him here, as I believe his poetic commentary will help all of us understand that, while we did not choose the circumstances, the journey itself is a choice:

I was a wee bit surprised to see the second beat in the journey left out of the diagram:  the refusal of the call.

Not a big deal …

But distinguishing the refusal of the call can help us understand a lot of our behavior and reactions,

Especially in journeys like the current one in which most folks have an emotional resistance to the adventure because they don’t feel that they chose it …

But instead, they feel to be victims in it.

 Also, it might help some folks use the journey in understanding their own process …

To know that sometimes the journey is not as linear an experience as the diagram might be taken to indicate.

The journey often wanders a bit, going backward and forwards, two steps forward and one step back.

… just a couple of whimsical offerings from the peanut gallery.

Blessings, Ed Hipp

These are profound insights indeed, and I want to thank Ed for sharing them.

On a more whimsical note, I recently came across this particular version of the journey, adapted for our circumstances, and shared by the creative writing department at MIU. You can substitute your own essential item if you are not a coffee drinker:

Apologies to Ed, since even this model leaves out the right of refusal—but we must find humor where we can.

But in all seriousness, we continue to be aware of how challenging our students (and you) are finding this form of learning—and it’s no walk in the park for our teachers either.  We are finding ways to switch it up through “flipped classrooms” and by using features like break-out rooms and to connect with students individually through “office hours,” even when those hours come in the evening for students who have returned to their homes in China or Korea, where time differences mean many of their most important classes happen in the middle of the night.

Stay healthy and heroic!

Warm regards,

Kaye Jacob, Academic Director

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💥All of us here at Maharishi School are wishing 💥All of us here at Maharishi School are wishing you a happy and safe 4th of July!💥
🤩Congratulations to Lily Fenton who was elected 🤩Congratulations to Lily Fenton who was elected Valedictorian of her 2022 Senior class. 🤩
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❤️The Children's House presents their end of t ❤️The Children's House presents their end of the year song❤️
🌸The Maharishi School Board of Directors is ple 🌸The Maharishi School Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Ms. Nuwaira Pasha will be joining the school as the Interim Head of School. 
🌸She will work with Dr. Richard Beall to transition leadership up to his retirement July 1. 
🌸Ms. Pasha has extensive background as both a teacher and school principal and is excited to be a part of the Maharishi School community and its Consciousness-Based approach to education. 
🌸Everyone on the Board, as well as the school Leadership Team, has enjoyed working with Ms. Pasha in the process of having her join the school. She brings experience, enthusiasm, energy, and great vision to Maharishi School. 
🌸Ms. Pasha will be an excellent leader moving the school forward.
🎉At Maharishi School, we are committed not only 🎉At Maharishi School, we are committed not only to taking steps to prevent and address bullying but also to use restorative justice, which attempts ultimately to restore relationships and provide tools for young people to advocate—and take responsibility—for themselves. 🎉
🎉These processes are not easy—and they take time plus willing participation—but we are working hard to strengthen them in our school community. 🎉
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✨To transcend, by definition, means to go beyond ✨To transcend, by definition, means to go beyond human limitations and to break boundaries. 
✨At Maharishi School, we teach you a technique to break internal boundaries and to sink deep into yourself, to tap into your essence and live in a state of flow.
✨Here, we believe that all parts of ourselves should be developed – the body, mind, heart and consciousness, and therefore the practice of TM® is required for all students. 
✨Our school day starts and ends with a few minutes of the Transcendental Meditation® (TM) technique.
✨ Go to www.maharishischool.org to see if our school is right for you!
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🌟THE VOTES ARE IN🌟 Congratulations to the 🌟THE VOTES ARE IN🌟 
Congratulations to the all of the candidates, we're looking forward to an exciting year ahead!
❤Josephine Ruffin's Middle School class presents ❤Josephine Ruffin's Middle School class presents the Lord's Cupboard with their donations from the money they raised at the Empty Bowls Event.❤
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🥳Congratulations 2022 Graduates of Maharishi Sc 🥳Congratulations 2022 Graduates of Maharishi School, you did it! 🥳
🎾Congratulations to the Pioneer boys and girls 🎾Congratulations to the Pioneer boys and girls for a great season.🎾
The Pioneer girls had a record high number of players this year while the Pioneer boys team qualified for sub-state. 
We hear from the respective coaches of each team to comment on the conclusion of the season:
Maharishi Girls team not only won the first 12 games of the year, but had never dropped two matches in the same contest. This included 5-0 wins in the regional tournament, one against Notre Dame and one against Davis County.
It was an impressive season for a Pioneer squad that had only played two seasons over the previous four years. Maharishi didn’t have the numbers for a tennis team in 2018, and the 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I'm really proud of our girls' improvement,” Eyre said.
Eyre specifically mentioned the growth of his seniors. Out of the six varsity players, Fenton and Mohanraj were the only ones playing in their last season. Both were freshman on the 2019 team that brought girls tennis back to Maharishi.
“They've done such a great job,” Eyre said. “My hat is always going to be with these girls for sticking with it and inspiring others to do it.”
"Our team exceeded expectations this spring. The Pioneers went 8-2 and reached the final sixteen in the state tournament after finishing district runner-up behind 3 time defending state champions, Cedar Rapids Xavier.
The Pioneer’s top 2 players have only played for a year. Zak and Ruimin competed against some really skilled players and won their share of matches. I can’t think of another player in Iowa who developed as quickly as Zak and Ruimin. They worked really hard and their results are impressive. I expect big things from them next year.
The Pioneer’s only senior, Dominic DuPoux was 18-0 in dual meet competition before losing his final match against Boone. The team voted Dominic the MVP award for his consistency in singles and doubles.
Jayanta Wegman, Polo Altynski-Ross, Chacho Rosler, and Mekhi Kahui all made significant strides and will form a strong nucleus for next year’s team." -Coach Steve Briggs
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