Boundless School Blog

Dear Boundless Families:Everyone arrived safely to the tail-end of a downpour that doused the fire ban. Hallelujah. While its early in the game, I do have some observations about both groups. Let me start by introducing you to two of the more interesting trip...

Dear Boundless Families: I rendezvoused with the Outdoor gang on the Dumoine, spending a day with them through Red Pine Rapids. Red Pine is a chain of 5 rapids where the river bends radically 4 times, almost at right angles. Whats behind each bend lies all of...

Dear Boundless Families: Not to be confused with the man with tiny hands down south - like seriously not to be confused - I'll put my money on character trumping charisma every time in group process. This is proving the case with both gangs. Popping by english...

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 pot-bellied Maytag repairman...

Dear Boundless Families: With a few tardy hiccups, both English and the Outdoor gangs arrived here safely; with some kids raring to go, while others preferring to keep their juries out.  And this latter group makes me chuckle the most, for they can't resist the...

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...

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 students have...

"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 state of...

Dear Boundless Families:   I approached the LOST BOYS two days ago at their Lac Robinson Campsite on the Dumoine River by canoe.   Six are on the beach and see me coming, and they point at me and laugh - some quip at my expense - but I can't hear because I am aging...

Dear Boundless Families: The storms keep threatening, but they never quite come. And then the days end in sunshine. The stars emerge on fire. And your kids sleep soundly, or so I am told. Three quarters of the student population are wending and winding their way...