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Just Another Day of Me Vs. We

Dear Boundless Families: I was in the city for ten days doing boring grown-up stuff, but arrived back at Boundless last night to have a "Stevening" with your kids. This gave me an ideal perspective of the day one versus day eleven changes in your adorable teens....

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Wrestling and Dresses Abound

Dear Boundless Families: It's day five and all English students remain alive after an epic rain. We are now unmasked.  The plot is thickening, both in terms of the material your kids are reading, and how both cohorts are gelling. We have two of them - the grade...

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Is Laser Focus Trumping the Shenanigans?

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...

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Oh, the Irony of Ironies

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...

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Put On Some Clothes Gosh Darnit

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!"...

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Let’s Gossip

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...

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A General Moves On

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...

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Your Kids are Brighter Than the Sun

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...

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I Really Love My Job

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...

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