Be Careful What You Wish For

Be Careful What You Wish For

Dear Boundless Families: I knew something weird was up when David, our Environmental Science teacher, suggested I pop into his class yesterday. The kids wanted to “talk” to me. No one really wants to talk to me unless the foundations of the earth are about...
The Pajama School

The Pajama School

Dear Boundless Families: November finally arrived, dusting us with frosty snow dripping from pine. An early Holiday card. It brought your kids out of their pajamas and those over the top bathrobes they wear that make them look like crime bosses without the cigar. What...
The Magical and Mysterious Alchemy of a New Group

The Magical and Mysterious Alchemy of a New Group

Dear Boundless Families: Each session begins with the birth of a new group process. Three new staff and four new students have changed the alchemy. As to what? We shall see. But already the group has used its egg teeth and burst forth from its shell. They are settling...
Houdini Returns

Houdini Returns

Dear Boundless Families: The kids returned yesterday from a two-day river journey deep in Quebec Wilderness. They stepped off the bus beaming. Pride was oozing out of their pores. And they were eager for a mattress.  Lyal and Jaden boasted, “No dumps”! I...
We Need Noah’s Ark

We Need Noah’s Ark

Dear Boundless Families: Just two minutes ago, at 10:32 am, the first rays of the sun for the past three days just shined through my sulky window.  The river has swelled to seven times its volume since I last wrote. It’s likely a clue to climate change, but...
Collective Amnesia

Collective Amnesia

Dear Boundless Families: It’s just day three of the boarding school, and already problems are mounting.  Blame David. He’s our new Math teacher. Such a rookie.  Kids have barely had time to settle into their beds, and already he is overwhelming them with...