Boundless School Blog

Dear Boundless Families: I travelled to the backwoods of the backwoods of the Dumoine River to deliver a package to your kids on Day 8 of their journey (last night). They had just arrived at their campsite after a day comprised of 10 kms of flatwater in a wicked...

Dear Boundless Families: Tyler, the mentor of the younger English students, came into my office this morning, sat down, supported his forehead with his left hand, shook his balding head back and forth, and just chuckled. He's wondering whether his students are...

Dear Boundless Families: I am with the grade 12s right now. The class and I are just getting to know each other.  I told them that when I first encountered them, driving by while they played volleyball during "recess", I thought to myself, "Put on some clothes!"...

Dear Friends of Boundless: The black flies, mosquitos, and now, those adorable deer flies, are preying upon a couple dozen Indigenous youth that you, the reader, have generously sponsored to participate in this bloodsucking paradise.  Nevertheless, the kids are...

Dear Friends of Boundless: Adrian, who invested his identity in managing Boundless operations for 23 years, headed for greener pastures at the end of March. He left his DNA imprinted in this Boundless.  On a personal note, I lost a General and gained a friend. I...

Dear Boundless Families and Caregivers: Getting busted at yesterday's WORDLE challenge, the morning didn't start well. At about 10:00am during "recess", Quiche and Samuel Jackson popped into the office holding a football. They sheepishly asked Mary-Lynn, "Can...

Dear Boundless Families: Jimmy, our English teacher and Principal, has had your kids doing haunted walks, invoking monsters to appear - those same malevolent entities the kids have been reading about during the day. They are becoming cross-country ski experts. They...

Dear Boundless Families: I am a peacenik by nature. If I were king of the forest, I would have countries solve their global conflicts with laser-guided pillows. But the last 10 days have changed my point of view. Pillows can be vicious. How else to explain that a...

Dear Boundless Families: The kids have settled into the new session, adapting to what has felt like Miami Beach one day, and Iqaluit the next. For the record, today we're in the Arctic, with sunshine bouncing off snow crystals with a purity that will make you weep....

Dear Boundless Families: The deep freeze has broken, to be replaced by oodles of snow, thickly draped over the pines, making them appear weepy and entirely yummy. It's a winter of wonder in this land, like a 600 acre snow cone - just add syrup. I spent an evening...