sentences:  As of 2010, 34 students at the school have become National Merit Scholarship finalists and 40 students have been semi-finalists.The school leads the state of Iowa with six championships at the Destination ImagiNation competitions and has won six world championships through 2010.At the 2005 global finals, Maharishi School students took more first- and second-place awards than any other school, according to a press release.