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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? Sandy Spring, Montgomery Co. Md.
Of what grade? Day and Night School - Colored -
When did your present session commence? 1st October When to close? 30th June
Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.? Partly What Society Freedmen's Assn Balto.
Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board? Yes in part
Is your School supported wholly of in part by Freedmen? Yes in part
Have you had Bureau transportation?
Who owns the School building? The Colored people - Managed by a Committee
Is rent paid by Freedmen’s Bureau? No How much?
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One teacher White Colored
What number of pupils enrolled during the month? 54 Male 47 Female
What number of pupils enrolled last report? This is the first month after vacation no "last report" left on file. {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? Two
What Number of new scholars this month? This is the first month of the Session
What is the average attendance? 29 day School - 30 Night School -
What number of pupils pay tuition? all
What number of white pupils? none
What number always present? 5 day School 1 Night School
What number always punctual? 39 day School 36 Night School
What number over sixteen years of age? 4 day School 35 Night School
What number in Alphabet? 21 day School 3 Night School
What number spell and read easy lessons? 18 day School 14 Night School
What number of advanced readers? 13 day School 32 Night School
What number in Geography? 4 day School 5 Night School
What number in Arithmetic? 16 day School 32 Night School
What number in higher branches? none
What number in writing? 12 day School 36 Night School
What number in needlework? None
What number free before the war?
Have you a Sabbath School? The Colored people have
What number of Teachers in Sabbath School?
What number of pupils in Sabbath School?
Have you an Industrial School? No State kind of work done?
☞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 to the Bureau? none 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, John Cornwall, Sandy Spring Montgomery Co. Maryland.
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? for Day and Night School, about $30. for this 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, very favorable
10. Remarks. The average attendance The always present & The always punctual during the whole month returns will differ Materially after this - as some Scholars come in the 2nd some the 3rd week of the month, it being the first of the Sessions
* A pupil is not to be reported as enrolled until after five days’ attendance
(Signed) John Cornwall.
Teacher of Freedmen’s School at Sandy Spring.
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