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Vienna.
May 1866

MONTHLY REPORT.
District of
1866

MONTHLY REPORT of a Color'd School, taught by Mary K. Brosius in Vienna for the Month of May 1866

NAME OR DESIGNATION OF THE SCHOOL Prospect Hill.
LOCATION OF THE SCHOOL Vienna Fairfax Co Va
WHEN ESTABLISHED March 1866
ITS FIRST TEACHER Mary K. Brosius
ITS PRESENT TEACHER OR TEACHERS Mary K. Brosius

1. Number of days kept. 5 days in a week 
2. Number and length of sessions. 5 hours per day 
3. Number of pupils on register. 33 
4. Average attendance for the month. 18 
5. Whole number of males. 20 
6. Whole number of females. 13 
7. Number over sixteen years of age. 18 
8. Number under six years of age. 4 
9. Number of pupils who read and spell. 27 
10. Number who study mental arithmetic. 2 
11. Number who pursue written arithmetic. 6 
12. Number who study geography. 3 
13. Number who write. 11 
14. Is singing taught in school? No 
15. Number who attend to needlework. None at school 
16. School furniture and books in use.
17. School furniture and books needed. 

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.

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