Boundless School Blog
The Kumbaya of it All
Dear Friends of Boundless: The kids went home yesterday for a brief immersion in their urban realities - those same realities that furnished the reasons they came to Boundless in the first place. I worry. Silly old me. They'll be back on Halloween day, donning...
Crossing the Rubicon
Dear Boundless Families: Two thousand and seventy three years ago, Julius Caesar and his army considered crossing the Rubicon river, a key strategic border between France and Rome back in the day. To do so would be a declaration of war against his rival Pompei. No...
A Mist has Engulfed Your Kids
Dear Boundless Families: On day three of this year's boarding school, the mosquitoes are still buzzing. They are thriving in this bizarre September heat, forcing us to shove aside land based activities in favour of the river. Your kids are the beneficiaries of this...
If You Were An Arctic Tern on the Wall
Dear Boundless Friends: I visited 50 Inuit people at the Ranch yesterday, watching them build an Inuskshuk. They wanted to leave a lasting impression of their time here. Ala, one of the Elders, told me, "Every year forward it shall grow, with new people making...
The Jury is Out
Dear Friends of Boundless: The research on the impact Boundless has on adolescent mental health and education, independently researched and written by Laura Ziliotto, is complete. Please click here for the full report. A few weeks ago, I sensed that the...
Catatonic Conversions
Dear Friends of Boundless: The research on the effectiveness of Boundless supporting teens with anxiety and depression is delayed about ten days. I know how disappointed you must be not to read research over the May long weekend. So instead, I thought I would write...
Bullet Ants, Pickle Ball and Kitty Pleasures
Dear Boundless Families: I've been hanging out with your lovelies the past few days. We watch the snow melt. Eat chocolate. Gossip about things. Play chess. I try to muster a ping pong game from time to time, but that rascal Pascal, one of their leaders, has opened...
The Boundless Train – All Aboard!
Dear Boundless Families: Brrr. It's minus 19 this morning. The snow arrived on day minus one in one massive dump, like a constipated sky that finally found its relief. It readied the land for the arrival of the teenage hooligans. The chances afforded by the flakes...
Whatever Gets You Through the Night
Dear Boundless Families: I have been spending joyful time with your kids recently. Ping Pong hangouts. Warming bones beside the fire sessions. They run to me like excited toddlers, strutting their baking, painting, writing, chess games and challenges keeping the...
There is a Point to Sweatpants
Dear Boundless Families: All arrived safely yesterday. The game is afoot. What game exactly? Leave behind your people, your comforts and your self-indulgence. Hop on a bus, step in a Boundless bubble, take a pulse of everything and everyone around you, find your...