Session 1 Update # 2 – The Kingmaker

Session 1 Update # 2 – The Kingmaker

Dear Boundless Families: Its glorious up here – the kind of smells, sunsets and hormones that make you remember how exquisite it is to be 16. My phone doesn’t ring – my role is to put our behavioural fires – and I have become a slightly...
Session 1 Update # 2 – The Kingmaker

BOARDING SCHOOL LEARNING NEVER SMELLED LIKE THIS

Dear Boundless Families:Today had the smell of spring: students watched the snow disappear before our eyes, while the ice rink began what might be its final thaw of winter 2016. Our skating days may be over, but there are still two packed weeks of learning left.The...
Session 1 Update # 2 – The Kingmaker

Alchemy Revealed

Below is quote from our clinical team, musing about what’s working right in our boarding school:”By and large, the students have shown incredible progress this first session. There are daily struggles – conflicts, fatigue, frustrations, chores – yet...
Session 1 Update # 2 – The Kingmaker

Boarding School Fun Fun Fun

“Let’s have fun now!” Those words are the death knell of having fun. Trying to orchestrate or otherwise ram gaiety down the throats of a group undermines the essence of fun. I believe fun requires a sort of tension. Maybe fear and anxiety, or some...