Lowe Farm, Manitoba
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Lowe Farm is a small farming community in southern Manitoba
, Canada
. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Morris
, 10 minutes west of Morris, MB. on highway #23. Like many towns in Southern Manitoba
it has no stop lights, though it does have three churches, a Credit Union, a Recreation Centre, a Community Co-op, farm supply, gas station, a Cafe and an elementary/junior high school and community park. Lowe Farm has 3 baseball diamonds, 2 in the park and one on the school playground where an excellent baseball program is run. The town is laid out in a reverse L-shape.
Lowe Farm School has 107 students. There are 12 staff members that are caring and hard working. The parents have been developing a Natural Playground over the last 2 years that consists of a toboggan hill and swings. The school has been integrating technology by using smartboards, netbooks, desktops and LCD projectors into their everyday experiences. The students are very engaged, participating in leadership activities like buddy reading, computer buddies, gym helpers, canteen helpers and book order volunteers. They also participate in inter-school sports like basketball, volleyball, cross-country, badminton, floor hockey and softball. The student council organizes events like Fall Frolics, Spirit Week, School Newspaper, Talent Show and Oreo dunking. They also organize sales of school clothing.
The History of Lowe Farm:
In 1880's John Lowe (born February 20, 1824) managed a tremendous campaign to attract immigrants, particularly farmers and farm laborers for Manitoba. Lowe Farm became a model farm and a testing ground for farming innovations and later developed into a village.
The Future:
Lowe Farm continues to grow with a new influx of immigration. The school population has increased over the last 5 months 27%, from 84 students to 107.
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is located in the Rural Municipality of Morris
Morris, Manitoba (rural municipality)
Morris is a rural municipality in the province of Manitoba in Western Canada. It almost completely encircles the administratively separate town of Morris in its southeastern portion.-External links:*...
, 10 minutes west of Morris, MB. on highway #23. Like many towns in Southern Manitoba
Southern Manitoba
Southern Manitoba is a physically large metropolitan area in the southernmost area of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It holds just slightly over one million people. Although this surpasses that of Edmonton or Calgary, both of them are located in the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor.Recently, this area...
it has no stop lights, though it does have three churches, a Credit Union, a Recreation Centre, a Community Co-op, farm supply, gas station, a Cafe and an elementary/junior high school and community park. Lowe Farm has 3 baseball diamonds, 2 in the park and one on the school playground where an excellent baseball program is run. The town is laid out in a reverse L-shape.
Lowe Farm School has 107 students. There are 12 staff members that are caring and hard working. The parents have been developing a Natural Playground over the last 2 years that consists of a toboggan hill and swings. The school has been integrating technology by using smartboards, netbooks, desktops and LCD projectors into their everyday experiences. The students are very engaged, participating in leadership activities like buddy reading, computer buddies, gym helpers, canteen helpers and book order volunteers. They also participate in inter-school sports like basketball, volleyball, cross-country, badminton, floor hockey and softball. The student council organizes events like Fall Frolics, Spirit Week, School Newspaper, Talent Show and Oreo dunking. They also organize sales of school clothing.
The History of Lowe Farm:
In 1880's John Lowe (born February 20, 1824) managed a tremendous campaign to attract immigrants, particularly farmers and farm laborers for Manitoba. Lowe Farm became a model farm and a testing ground for farming innovations and later developed into a village.
The Future:
Lowe Farm continues to grow with a new influx of immigration. The school population has increased over the last 5 months 27%, from 84 students to 107.