They start eating with the adults in the the adults' dining room and are considered adults. An unmarried male over the age of fifteen is called Boo'ah and an unmarried female is called Di'eh . The courses taught in school are the basics like math, language arts, social studies, science and German. Usually there are other optional courses such as music, biology, computer science and carpentry. Many of the higher grade courses are delivered via distance education.
Some colonies use teleconferencing while other have access to videoconferencing.
In many cases Hutterite schools work together and help each other deliver courses either through tele- or video conferencing. This co-operation is necessary because most schools are small and have a limited number of students per course. At Decker Colony School, Biology is taken by the Senior 4s. Computer Science and carpentry is taken by the grades 9 to 12s. Everybody from K-12 takes music.