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Teacher's Monthly School Report
For the Month of November, 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?...Island
Of what grade?...Intermediate
When did your present session commence?...Oct. 28 When to close?...July 1st, 1868
Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.?...None What Society?
Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board?...Wholly.
Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen?...None
Have you had Bureau transportation?...No
Who owns the School building?...Trustees
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?...None How much?
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?...8 White 5 Colored 3
What number of pupils enrolled during the month?*...65 Male 33 Female 32
What number of pupils enrolled last report?...62
What number left School this month?...6 {Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the whole number now enrolled.}
What number of new scholars this month?...3
What is the average attendance?...54
What number of pupils pay tuition?...None
What number of white pupils?...None
What number always present?...28
What number always punctual?...22
What number over sixteen years of age?...4
What number in Alphabet?...None
What number spell and read easy lessons?...None
What number of advanced readers?...All
What number in Geography?..."
What number in Arithmetic?..."
What number in higher branches?..."
What number in writing?..."
What number in needlework?...None
What number free before the war?...32
Have you a Sabbath School?...Yes
What number of Teachers in Sabbath School?... I don't know
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 reported to the Bureau? None Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? ___
2. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? ___ White, ___ Colored, ___
3. Give name and Post Office address of the Teachers, ___
4. How many Sabbath Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Burea? None
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, Favorable
10. Remarks. ___

*A pupil is not to be reported as enrolled until after five days' attendance.
(Signed)
M. R. Mason
Teacher of Freedmen's School at Washington D.C.