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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of May, 1869.

☞ 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.

[Answers placed here.]

Name of your School? Centenary   
Location (town, county, or district)? Shelby
Is it a Day or Night School? Day     
Of what grade? Not graded
When did your present session commence? Jan 1st     
When to close? May 28th
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? in part     
What Society? F.A.S. of the M. E. Church.
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* no    
Name of Board or Com.?     
Amount paid this month?
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* yes     
Name of Board or Com.?      
Amount paid this month? 
|s your School supported wholly by Freedmen? no     
Amount paid this month? 
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? no     
Amount paid this month? 
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? yes
Who owns the School-building?  Missionary Society.
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? no     
How much per month?
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 3   
White? 3  Colored? 
Total enrolment for the month?† 179   
Male? 74 Female? 105
Number enrolled last report? 164  
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrollment.} 
Number left school this month? 7
Number new Scholars this month? 22
What is the average attendance? 181      

{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 00 
How many hours have you taught per day?  6
How many days have you taught this month? 20 

Number of White Pupils? 00          
Number always present? 74  
Number always punctual? 103
Number over 16 year of age? 8             

{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.}

Number in Alphabet? 28
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 54
Number in advanced readers? 97
Number in Geography? 11
Number in Arithmetic? 129
Number in higher branches? 8
Number in Writing? 37
Number in Needle-work? 00
Number free before the war? 00
Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes   
How many Teachers? 3     
How many Pupils? 65
Have you an Industrial School?  no      
How many Teachers?   
Number of Pupils? 
State the kind of work done? 

☞ 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?    
How many?
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?   
How Many?
4. Give (estimated) whole number 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 the Society?  
Remarks.

(Signed) Nellie V. Kimball, prin.
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.