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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT, For the Month of November 1866. A School under the distinct control of one Teacher, or a Teacher with one assistant, is to be reported as one School. To be forwarded as soon as possible after the 1st of each month. Number of Day-Schools 1 Number of Night-Schools 1 Location, or the Name of School Shelbyville W.F.A.C. School When opened Oct. 15th 1866 Societies &c., Patrons A.M.A. and W.F.A. Commission Number of Schools sustained by freedmen 0 Number of Schools sustained in part by freedmen 1 Number of teachers transported by Bureau 1 Number of School buildings owned by freedmen 2 viz. A M.E. Church and 1st Col. Bap. Church Number of School buildings furnished by Bureau 0 Whole number of teachers 2 White 2 Colored 0 Total 1 Whole number of pupils enrolled Male 72 Female 104 Total 176 2 Number of pupils enrolled last report 132 3 Number left school this month 1 4 Number of new scholars this month 45 Average attendance 140 Number of pupils paying tuition - Number of White pupils 0 Number always present - Number always punctual - Number over 16 years of age 20 a Number in Alphabet 11 b Number who spell and read easy lessons 95 c Number of advanced readers 70 Who can read well in 4th, 3rd & 2nd readers Number in geography 16 Number in arithmetic 34 Number in higher branches grammar 34 Number in writing 70 Number on needlework .0 Number free before the war 9 Number of Sabbath Schools = 1 Number of pupils in Sabbath Schools 160 = The highest number present either (Lord's Day (To these questions give exact or approximate answers.) 1. How many of above Schools are graded? 1 How many grades? 2 2. How many Day or Night Schools, within your knowledge, not reported above? 0 Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 0 3. How many Teachers in [[strikethrough]] the above Day or [[/strikethrough]] your Night Schools? 6 White, 1 Colored, 5 and No. of Scholars = 61 4. How many Sabbath-Schools, within your knowledge, and not reported above? 0 Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 0 5. How many Teachers in [[strikethrough]] the above Sabbath [[/strikethrough]] your Sabbath School? 10 White, 2 Colored, 8. 6. How many Industrial Schools? 0 Whole number of pupils in all? 0 State the kind of work done, 0 7. Whole amount of tuition paid by the Freedmen during the month, $127.85 8. Whole amount of cost of transportation furnished by the Bureau for the month, $20.00 9. Grand total of expense per month for support of above schools by all parties $123.20 10. Whole number of High or Normal Schools, - How many pupils in all? - No of Normal Scholars = 13 11. Remarks John Dunlap, Supt. This report is incomplete unless each blank is filled by a number, or cypher. Return our blank by Nov 29. Fill & keep the other for reference D. Burt [[left margin]] Report 1, 2, 3 & 4 so that 2 - 3 + 4 = 1 a + b + c should = whole no. of pupils - your school rooms Give the total of both, in one set of figures [[/left margin]]