School Safety In the last decade, school safety has become an increasingly relevant topic. Schools are going to great lengths to ensure their students’ safety in the event of an emergency. Maharishi School is no exception to that effort. Recently, our students have been working alongside our faculty and staff to improve school safety and security. We […]
What is a team? Most people would describe a team as something that would resemble their high school football team. They aren’t wrong, however, teams also look like the group of people you work with, the committee of people you volunteer with, or any group of people working together toward one goal. For students, […]
We’re All Connected to Everything You might not be surprised that we are all connected. There are lots of theories about the depths of our connectivity. For example, one of the most famous theories of connectivity is the Six Degrees of Separation. This theory states that everything within the world, specifically people, are connected within six […]
The School Safety Conversation If you have turned on the news, checked social media, or even listened to a conversation next to you at your local coffee shop, you know school safety is on everyone’s minds. It’s definitely on our minds. You can read more about our ongoing safety efforts here, but let’s talk […]
Safety in Our School At Maharishi School, we take safety very seriously. Our Head of School, Dr. Beall, has been doing some reflecting on our efforts. Here is something he wrote to summarize our safety projects. Dr. Beall Talks About School Safety “Here—in my hotel room in Shanghai, China—the young voices rang loud and clear. […]
Maharishi School and Advanced Meditation Techniques At Maharishi School, we practice a form of meditation called the Transcendental Meditation technique®, or TM. 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 […]
The Struggle There is an age-old struggle that anyone who has ever attended school or been a parent of a person who attended school is familiar with. No, not the struggle between good and evil, that’s for another blog post, but the struggle between parents and teachers, which ends up being a struggle between good […]
High School Can be Weird High School is a weird time. In high school, we deal with the pressure to fit in, to be good at sports – or to be good at something, to get good grades, and to have fun. On top of that, we’re expected to act like adults, with a lot […]
Success and Failure Let’s look at success holistically, rather than the ultimate and exclusive goal for our kids. What does it mean to be successful? At Maharishi School, we would argue that success is often measured in the moments surrounding failure. When failure occurs, what happened right before and right after that event? Moments before […]
Parents and students alike have a lot of questions surrounding boarding schools. In general, the questions sound a lot like “Why boarding school?” We get it! What is the difference between boarding school and day school programs? What are the benefits? Why would I choose this for my child? These are all really good questions. […]
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