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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
Teacher's Monthly School Report
For the month of May , 1870

To contain one entire calendar month, and to be forwarded as soon as possible after the close of the month.
A school under the distinct control of one Teacher, or a Teacher with one Assistant, is to be reported as one School.


Name of your School? Gregory Institute   
Is it a Day or Night School? Day
When did your present session commence? May 23
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? Yes
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* No
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* No
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? No 
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? Yes
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No
Who owns the School-building? You
Is rent paid by the Freedmen's Bureau? Yes
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 2
Total enrolment for the month?+ 55
Number enrolled last report? 100
Number left school this month? 49
Number new Scholars this month? 4
What is the average attendance? 444
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 29
Number of White Pupils? 0
Number always present? 18
Number always punctual? 30
Number over 16 years of age? 6
Number in Alphabet? 0
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 18
Number in advanced readers? 37
Number in Geography? 0
Number in Arithmetic? 37
Number in higher branches? 0
Number in Writing? 25
Number in Needle-work? 0
Number free before the war? 0
Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes
Have you an Industrial School? No
State the kind of work done? 0

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Location(town, county or district)? Houston
Of what grade? Primary
When to close? June 24th
What Society? A.M.A.
Name of Board or Com.? 0  Am't pd. this month?
Name of Board or Com.? 0  Am't pd. this month?
Amount paid this month?
Amount paid this month? $23.87
How much per month? $24.00
White? 1   Colored? 1
Male? 21   Female? 34
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scgolars and subtracting those left shoo, must equal the present total enrolment.}
{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day}

How many have you taught per day? 5
How many days have you taught this month? 15
{Give reasons for deficiency of time (if any,) in teaching}
One day it was rainy and we had a vacation of two weeks.

To the following questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about."
1. Do you know of any Schools for Refugees or Freedmen not reported to the State Superintendent? 0  How many? 0
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? No. of Teachers,  White,  Colored,
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? 0 How many?
4. Give (estimated) whole numbers of pupils in all such Schools? No. of Teachers, White, Colored,
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools,
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? Name of Society?
Remarks: I [[?]]have been secured rations combined & diminish the school this month
(Signed) Mary P. Stewart
Teacher
*Or School Committee, either District, Town, City, County, or State?
+ A pupil is not to be REPORTED as enrolled until after five days' attendance