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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of October 1867.

☞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 and location of your School? Muirkirk Prince Geo. Co. Md.
Of what grade? Not graded
When did your present session commence? Oct. 8th '67 When to close ? June 30th, 1868
Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc. ? In Part  What Society New England
Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board? No
Is your School supported wholly of in part by Freedmen? In part by Mr. C.E. Coffin
Have you had Bureau transportation? yes
Who owns the School building? Mr. Wm E. Coffin of Boston
Is rent paid by Freedmen’s Bureau?    How much? No rent paid by anyone
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 1 White 1 Colored
What number of pupils enrolled during the month? 30 Male 12 Female 18
What number of pupils enrolled last report?  38       {Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the whole number now enrolled.}
What number left School this month? 8
Number of new scholars this month? -
What is the average attendance? 22
What number of pupils pay tuition? -
What number of white pupils? 13
What number always present? 6
What number always punctual? 14
What number  over sixteen years of age? 4
What number  in Alphabet? 4
What number  spell and read easy lessons? 21
What number  of advanced readers? 5
What number  in Geography? 13
What number  in Arithmetic? 16
What number in higher branches? 3
What number in writing? 13
What number  in needlework? -
What number  free before the war? -
Have you a Sabbath School? One in School house. Mr. J. H. Larcombe Sup't.
What number of Teachers in Sabbath School? 6 (white)
What number of pupils in Sabbath School? 35 (white & colored)
Have you and Industrial School?     State kind of work done? Weekly Sewing Sch. by Mrs. Lizzie Burke

☞To the following questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about."

1. How many Day or Night Schools, within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau?  -    Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 
2. How many Teachers in the above Day or Night Schools? - White, - Colored, -
3.  Give the name and Post Office of the Teachers, -
4.  How many Sabbath Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? -
5. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? , - White, - Colored, -
6.  Whole amount of tuition paid by colored pupils during the month? -
7.  Whole expense for your School by Public School Board for the month? -
8. Whole expense for your School by the Freedmen’s Bureau for the month? -
9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Am not at present informed on that subject
10.  Remarks. I have semi-weekly night school not included above. Whole number of pupils 21. average 12 

* A pupil is not to be reported as enrolled until after five days’ attendance 

(Signed)  Phineas P. Whitehouse 
Teacher of Freedmen’s School at Muirkirk Maryland

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