Boundless School Blog
Session #4; Update #3 – Hogtied and Happy
Dear Boundless Families: Both outdoor groups are long gone on the Dumoine. I have a very brief report on the younger OE, offered to me by Ashley, our Program Manager, who provided whitewater support during hairy sections where the water flows downhill in...
Session 4; Update #2 – Bugger Off and Enjoy Yourselves
Dear Boundless Families: In ancient Athens, any prominent public figure who would threaten the integrity of the city could be exiled for 10 years. A sublime concept if you think about it. Instead of liquidating your enemies, just get rid of them for a decade. While...
Session # 4; Update # 1 – Balancing on a Razor Blade
Dear Boundless Families: Your kids' journey to Boundless went safely and swiftly. Thanks for that. The younglings arrived to such exquisite sunshine that this, along with the goodwill strewn about freely around here, couldn't help but seduce the meek, inspire the...
Session 3; Final Update, Deer Fly Serial Killers
Dear Boundless Families: My rendezvous with the younger outdoor crew in the middle of the Dumoine river was planned for this past Wednesday, where I aimed to paddle my way to their Lac Robinson campsite around 5:00pm and bear gifts. I arrived 4 hours early,...
Session 3; Update # 3 – B.S. is Always Welcome
Dear Boundless Families: Every day I see deer, groundhogs, bunnies, beavers and storm clouds that never seem to release their load. Even when it does rain, it's only while the kids sleep. This property, with its smells and colours and lushness, cocoons staff and...
Session # 3; Update # 2 – Rest Assured You Can Assuredly Rest
Dear Boundless Families: Churchill's refrain of it being the "end of the beginning" rings true on this muggy but lovely day 4 evening. Aside from two contraband cell phones (those buggers!) and an ear infection that isn't really that bad, the beginning of this...
Session # 1; Update # 1 – Relief is Spelled Ping Pong
Dear Boundless Families: Everyone arrived safely. The beaches of Boundless have been stormed by 63 kids across 4 cohorts - two in the adventure program, and two in English. Some day ones are rather sedate. Kids tip toe around finding their balance. This was not...
Session #2; Final Update – One Big Living Room
Dear Boundless Families: In these terribly parched days, where dust particles outnumber the stars in the heavens, and when water bombers are a regular sighting overhead, I came upon the outdoor crew, strewn about their Lac Robinson campsite on Friday night in...
Session # 2; Update #3 – No One Sits Alone
Dear Boundless Families: Defining moments of a group can never be scripted. The English class had one 3 days ago at Blueberry campsite on the Madawaska. The plan was to tent a couple of nights alongside gentle rapids, summoning the Henry David Thoreau inside each...
Update #2; Session 2, Come Hell or High Water
Dear Boundless families: We had a pathetic excuse for a rain shower two nights ago, but other than that, it’s a kiln up here. There is no rain forecast for the foreseeable forever. Light the wrong match, and the forest will get nasty. So, your kids won’t be...