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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of December, 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? 2nd Primary O St. bet. 4th & 5th
Of what grade? 2nd Primary.
When did your present session commence? Nov 4th 
When to close? June 30th 1866.
Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.? It is not.   
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? It is not. 
Have you had Bureau transportation? I have not.
Who owns the School building? Coporation
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? It is not.  
How much?   
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One 
White 3 
Colored 5 
What number of pupils enrolled during the month?* 61  
Male 32.  
Female 29. 
What number of pupils enrolled last report? 72.  

{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the whole number now enrolled.}

What number left school this month? 3.
What number new scholars this month? 2.

What is the average attendance? 52.
What number of pupils pay tuition? 0
What number of white Pupils? 0
What number always present? 21.
What number always punctual? 18.
What number over 16 years of age? 0
What number in Alphabet? 0
What number who spell, and read easy lessons? All spell and read easy lessons.
What number of advanced readers? 0
What number in Geography? All answer easy questions
What number in Arithmetic? All answer easy questions.
What number in higher branches? 0 0 an
What number in Writing? 0
What number in needlework? 0
What number free before the war? 33
Have you a Sabbath-School? I have
What number of Teachers in Sabbath School? About 30
What number of Pupils in Sabbath School? 200.
Have you an Industrial School? I have not  
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?   
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 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,   
10. Remarks.

(Signed) Maria A. Dorster
Teacher of Freedmen's School at Washington City

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

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