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"For the rest of their lives, they have the honor and distinction of being the most creative kids in their age group, on the planet." The Maharishi School team from Fairfield, Iowa won first place at the "Destination Imagination" Global Finals and Creativity World Championships held at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. All team members were seniors from Maharishi School and include Jake Gratzon, Ace Boothby, Noah Caplan, Donny Chell, Tim Shaw, Owen Stowe, and Newlin Wilkins. In addition to first place, the boys received the prestigious Renaissance Award, a prize given sparingly to recognize extraordinary creativity. The competition was exceedingly stiff. But the Maharishi boys really wowed the judges with a homemade computer -- built out of nails and copper wire -- that could add binary numbers. The circuitry was designed by Noah Caplan (who will be attending MIT in the fall) and the electromagnetic switches and layout were engineered and built by Jake Gratzon. One judge was so impressed with the computer's sophistication that she assumed the boys were university students majoring in computer science. They sheepishly corrected her. Everyone is extremely proud of this world class Iowa high school team and we wish them the best of luck in the future. For the rest of their lives, they have the honor and distinction of being the most creative kids in their age group, on the planet. This is one heck of a great achievement. Congratulations to them all and to their proud parents. "Destination Imagination is an international creativity competition for students from around the world. Destination ImagiNation, Inc., is the world's largest creativity and problem solving organization, that inspires participants in all of its programs, to learn the process, art, and skill associated with problem solving. Destination ImagiNation helps kids develop a unique and critical skill set by emphasizing: Creativity Knowledge Application Problem Solving Collaboration Teamwork Generating & Focusing Tools Presentation Skills Project Management Confidence Time Management Research Skills Creative & Critical Thinking Skills Improvisational Skills Budgeting Skills The Destination ImagiNation Flagship Program is a process-based program grounded in sound creative problem solving theory that helps young people build lifelong skills in creative and critical thinking, teamwork, time management and problem solving. Up to seven participants work together as a team for eight to twelve weeks to create their solution to a Team Challenge, which can have a focus that is theatrical, structural, improvisational, scientific or technical. Teams also learn and practice creative quick-thinking skills for the Instant Challenge portion of the program. Destination ImagiNation helps young people learn in a fun and supportive environment, and the valuable skills they've acquired will be with them for a lifetime." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: Philadelphia Transcendental Meditation Program To: Philadelphia Transcendental Meditation Program Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 9:28 PM Subject: Maharishi School--World Champions Dear Friends, We thought you would like to see this wonderful news from the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, in Iowa, whose team won first place at the global finals of Destination Imagination. The note below is from one of the parents of one of the team members. Very best Bill Sands -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jake's team won first place at the Destination Imagination Global Finals held at the University of Tennesse in Knoxville. All team members were seniors from Maharishi School and include Ace Boothby, Noah Caplan, Donny Chell, Tim Shaw, Owen Stowe, and Newlin Wilkins. In addition to first place, the boys received the prestigious Renaissance Award, a prize given sparingly to recognize extraordinary creativity. The competition was exceedingly stiff. (Shelley can attest to that because she watched most of the performances by teams competing in our boys' particular challenge.) But our boys really wowed the judges with a homemade computer -- built out of nails and copper wire -- that could add binary numbers. The circuitry was designed by Noah Caplan (who will be attending MIT in the fall) and the electromagnetic switches and layout were engineered and built by Jake. One judge was so impressed with the computer's sophistication that she assumed the boys were university students majoring in computer science. They sheepishly corrected her. We couldn't be more proud. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find out how you can get spam free email. http://www.bluebottle.com
"For the rest of their lives, they have the honor and distinction of being the most creative kids in their age group, on the planet." The Maharishi School team from Fairfield, Iowa won first place at the "Destination Imagination" Global Finals and Creativity World Championships held at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. All team members were seniors from Maharishi School and include Jake Gratzon, Ace Boothby, Noah Caplan, Donny Chell, Tim Shaw, Owen Stowe, and Newlin Wilkins. In addition to first place, the boys received the prestigious Renaissance Award, a prize given sparingly to recognize extraordinary creativity. The competition was exceedingly stiff. But the Maharishi boys really wowed the judges with a homemade computer -- built out of nails and copper wire -- that could add binary numbers. The circuitry was designed by Noah Caplan (who will be attending MIT in the fall) and the electromagnetic switches and layout were engineered and built by Jake Gratzon. One judge was so impressed with the computer's sophistication that she assumed the boys were university students majoring in computer science. They sheepishly corrected her. Everyone is extremely proud of this world class Iowa high school team and we wish them the best of luck in the future. For the rest of their lives, they have the honor and distinction of being the most creative kids in their age group, on the planet. This is one heck of a great achievement. Congratulations to them all and to their proud parents. "Destination Imagination is an international creativity competition for students from around the world. Destination ImagiNation, Inc., is the world's largest creativity and problem solving organization, that inspires participants in all of its programs, to learn the process, art, and skill associated with problem solving. Destination ImagiNation helps kids develop a unique and critical skill set by emphasizing: Creativity Knowledge Application Problem Solving Collaboration Teamwork Generating & Focusing Tools Presentation Skills Project Management Confidence Time Management Research Skills Creative & Critical Thinking Skills Improvisational Skills Budgeting Skills The Destination ImagiNation Flagship Program is a process-based program grounded in sound creative problem solving theory that helps young people build lifelong skills in creative and critical thinking, teamwork, time management and problem solving. Up to seven participants work together as a team for eight to twelve weeks to create their solution to a Team Challenge, which can have a focus that is theatrical, structural, improvisational, scientific or technical. Teams also learn and practice creative quick-thinking skills for the Instant Challenge portion of the program. Destination ImagiNation helps young people learn in a fun and supportive environment, and the valuable skills they've acquired will be with them for a lifetime." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: Philadelphia Transcendental Meditation Program To: Philadelphia Transcendental Meditation Program Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 9:28 PM Subject: Maharishi School--World Champions Dear Friends, We thought you would like to see this wonderful news from the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment, in Iowa, whose team won first place at the global finals of Destination Imagination. The note below is from one of the parents of one of the team members. Very best Bill Sands -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jake's team won first place at the Destination Imagination Global Finals held at the University of Tennesse in Knoxville. All team members were seniors from Maharishi School and include Ace Boothby, Noah Caplan, Donny Chell, Tim Shaw, Owen Stowe, and Newlin Wilkins. In addition to first place, the boys received the prestigious Renaissance Award, a prize given sparingly to recognize extraordinary creativity. The competition was exceedingly stiff. (Shelley can attest to that because she watched most of the performances by teams competing in our boys' particular challenge.) But our boys really wowed the judges with a homemade computer -- built out of nails and copper wire -- that could add binary numbers. The circuitry was designed by Noah Caplan (who will be attending MIT in the fall) and the electromagnetic switches and layout were engineered and built by Jake. One judge was so impressed with the computer's sophistication that she assumed the boys were university students majoring in computer science. They sheepishly corrected her. We couldn't be more proud. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find out how you can get spam free email. http://www.bluebottle.com