Education and Schools Nicole's first school was the Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment in Silver Spring, Maryland. This school is no longer in operation but it is very similar to the school of the same name in Fairfield, Iowa (see link above). Nicole complete her first and second grades and made many friends in the Washington DC, TM (Transcendental Meditation) Community. Nicole then went to Travilah Elementary School in North Potomac, Maryland. Nicole was a very good student during these years and lived within walking distance to this school. During Nicole's middle school years (6th to 8th grade) she attended Robert Frost Middle School. Nicole's mother and step father moved to Germantown, Maryland during Nicole's first years in High School. She attended Northwest High School and was involved with the Track Team and Cross Country teams. Nicole attended this school during her Freshman and Sophomore years. Nicole's mother moved to Bethesda, Maryland and for more then a year she attended Walter Johnson High School where she lettered in Cross Country. She completed her junior year but in her senior year she was having emotional difficulties and tried switching to another high school. Her difficulties became severe and she made a few attempts at suicide. She was then committed to a psychiatric hospital and school where she stayed until her release on her 18th birthday. After her release from the hospital she returned to alternately live with her mother and her father. Within a year she took her high school equivalency exam and successfully completed the test without any study. In the years before her death, Nicole attended classes at Montgomery County Community College in Rockville, Maryland and Indian Hills Community College in Fairfield, Iowa.