Boundless School Blog

Dear Boundless Families: Your kids built a bridge (see photo). Over a swamp. In the middle of a forest. Which is situated in a chilly and bugless heaven.  They dubbed it the "Bridge that Never Ends." They claimed it took forever.  In early October, Kevin, their...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...