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MONTHLY REPORT.
5th District of Virginia
April 25th 1866

MONTHLY REPORT of a Colored School. taught by Mary E. McBride in Fairfax CH for the Month of April 1866.

NAME OF DESIGNATION OF THE SCHOOL Loveland
LOCATION OF THE SCHOOL Fairfax Court House Virginia
WHEN ESTABLISHED April 11th 1866
ITS FIRST TEACHER Mary E McBride
ITS PRESENT TEACHER OR TEACHERS Mary E McBride

1. Number of days kept. Five days per week
2. Number and length of sessions. Two Sessions A.M. 3 hrs P.M. 2½ hrs
3. Number of pupils on register. Forty five
4. Average attendance for the month. Forty
5. Whole number of males. Thirty Six
6. Whole number of females. Nineteen
7. Number over sixteen years of age. Seven
8. Number under sixteen years of age. One
9. Number of pupils who read and spell. Five read Twenty five spell.
10. Number who study mental arithmetic. Three
11. Number who pursue written arithmetic. Four
12. Number who study geography.
13. Number who write. Five
14. Is singing taught in school? It is
15. Number who attend needlework.
16. School furniture and books in use. desk benches stove blackboard, Spellers & Readers 
17. School furniture and books needed. Spelling Books 3rd Readers & Slates

Each teacher will make out a monthly report, sign and return the same to ... on or before the tenth of the succeeding month. All the blanks should be filled, giving approximate returns, if exact ones can not be obtained.
State the general progress of the school for the month, the chief obstacles encountered, any cases of insubordination that have occurred and the method of disposing of them, with such suggestions as may have a bearing upon the welfare of the school ; also, condition of freed people in your district, especially of the parents of your pupils, with suggestions bearing upon their welfare.