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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of May 1867

National Farm School
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|---|---|
| Kind of School (day or night), | Day |
| Location of School, | State Washington DC [[overwritten]] County City [[/overwritten]] Street |
| When opened, |   |
| Societies, &c., Patrons, | N Y Commission & F. Bureau |
| Is the School sustained by freemen? | No |
| Is the school sustained in part by freemen? | No |
| Have you received Government transportation during the month? | No |
| Is the School-building owned by freedmen? | No |
| Is the School-building supplied by Bureau? | No |
| Whole number of teachers, | 2 White 2 Colored 0 |
| Whole number of pupils enrolled at end of month, | 48 Male 48 Female 00 |
| Number of pupils enrolled last report, | 36 |
| Number left school this month, | 3 |
| Number of new scholars this month, | 12 |
| Average attendance, | About 1/2 Per cent |
| Number of pupils paying tuition, | None |
| Number of white pupils, | None |
| Number always present, | 18 |
| Number always punctual, | 10 |
| Number over 16 years of age, | 5 |
| Number in alphabet, | 3 |
| Number who spelled and read easy lessons, | 24 |
| Number of advanced readers, | 21 2nd reader |
| Number in geography, | 25 |
| Number in arithmetic, | 30 |
| Number in higher branches, | 0 |
| Number in writing, | 30 |
| Number in needlework, | 0 |
| Number free before the war, | 2 |
| In what Sabbath School do you teach? | Farm Sabbath School |
| Number of pupils in Sabbath School, | 48 |

1. What is the grade of your School? Not graded
2. Whole amount of tuition paid by freemen during the month. $,00
3. Whole cost of transportation by the Bureau during the month. $00
4. Expenses per month for the support of your school. $ Don't Know
5. Remarks.
All the boys from 13 years of age and upward were obliged to work all the time when the weather would admit of it and several of the oldest boys were not in school more than 4 or 5 days during the month - And small boys were often detained for chores so they could not be punctual

(SIGNED) M.A. Burghouff

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