HomeWelcome to the Plainview Colony School WebsitePlainview Colony School is committed to provide creative, meaningful lessons that meet both the expectations of the Manitoba Curriculum and this Hutterian community. We are also committed to provide a learning environment that is both emotionally and physically healthy while promoting learning as a life enhancing skill. Plainview Colony SchoolPlainview Colony School is a Kindergarten - Grade 12 Hutterian school located approximately 15 kms west of Elkhorn, Manitoba. For the 20122013 school year we have 28 students, 3 classrooms and 7 staff members.Our students speak German as their first language and attend German school for one hour prior to English school, and also for one hour after English school. They also attend German school on Saturday mornings.In the 20112012 school year, a Preschool program was started to help children make the transition to English school less traumatic. Our first class was made up of six German speaking 4 yr olds.
The Saint-Lazare school is a French school. In collaboration with the family and the community, its mission is to nurture and strengthen the education of children to form lifelong learners proud of their language and their culture.
Mary Montgomery School is named in honor of a former teacher at the Virden Public School. Miss Mary Montgomery taught school for 50 years, 40 of those years at Virden Public School. She began teaching in 1912 and continued to educate the youth of Manitoba