Boundless School Blog
Final Update, Session #4. Bookworms, Champions, Warriors and Heroes
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...
Update # 3; Session 4; Na-Na-Na-Na-Boo-Boo
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...
Final Update, Session # 1 – Unfathomable Successes
Dear Boundless Families:What happens at Boundless stays at Boundless.Its not about dark secrets. It's just that what your kids have gone through is so difficult to describe . Every student has been through something profound, and some may struggle for words to...
Update # 1, Session # 3 – Laptops and Lifejackets
Dear Boundless Families:Everyone arrived safely to a Madawaska Valley paradise that is finally seeing some relief from a brutal heat wave. The water temperature is 25 degrees, there is a cleansing breeze to die for, and the fields are rife with bunnies and...
Final Update, Session #3 – Blessed Bald Eagles
Dear Boundless Families:Please forgive me for such an early final update. I am skipping out west for a few days.I spent the last two days on the Dumoine and met up with the Seniors crew; and two of the five bald eagles they saw. As my canoe approached the beach on...
Update # 3, Session #3 – Gosh Darn
Dear Boundless Families:Both outdoor crews set sail long ago. Sat phone silence is a blessing, so I can only conjure what is happening right now with each intrepid crew.The juniors are engaged on the first day of their descent, with a 6:00am wake-up, and breaking...
Update # 1, Session # 4 – Mud Puddles
Dear Boundless Families:Everyone arrived safely today. Early afternoon was sticky, and then the property got hammered by a thunderstorm.The BOLD kids didn't care and didn't skip a beat in their rigourous training. They are leaving on Friday and will be gone the...
Update # 3, Session #2 – A Worried Grandma
Dear Boundless Families:I just walked through an empty classroom at the Ranch. Its students are far away, battling bugs, bruises and bad weather.The bunny and buttercup stage is long gone.I feel for them. I was just up for a few days exactly where both groups will...
Update # 2, Session #2 – No Predators Here
Dear Boundless Families:The northwest wind has blown the stickiness and the pesky Deer Flies away. Our fields are strewn with yellow flowers. Snowshoe hares, especially the babies, have lost their fear of people and will almost eat out of the palm of your hand....
Update # 1; Session #2 – Time Travelling
Dear Boundless Families: Everyone arrived safely. Thanks to you all for a morning of perfect execution. There are a number of anomalies and beautiful circumstances going on about me. The older group, whom I'll dub the Seniors, have 8 girls, exactly half the number...