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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of February, 1868.

☞ 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. 

Name and location of your School? Bellewood School, 23 miles from Patuxent
Of what grade? Primary.
When did you present session commence? Jan 13, 1868. 
When to close? June 30th
Is your School supported by and Ed. Soc.? In Part. 
What Society? American Fred'm Un. Com'sn
Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board? Not at all.
Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen? In Part.
Have you had Bureau Transportation? Partly.
Who owns the School building? The Freedmen
Is rent paid by the Freedmen's Bureau? No 
How much? 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One teacher. 
White yes 
Colored
What number of pupils enrolled during the month?* 41. 
Male   
Female yes

What number of pupils enrolled last report? 35. 
{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? 0
What number of new scholars this month? 6
What is the average attendance? 19
What number of pupils pay tuition? I cannot tell.
What number of white pupils? Not any?
What number always present? 15 generally.
What number always punctual? 15 generally.
What number over sixteen years of age? 25
What number in Alphabet? Not any at present?
What number spell and read easy lessons? All except 4.
What number of advanced readers? Four are tolerable good readers.
What number in Geography? Not any.
What number in Arithmetic? 12.
What number in higher branches? Not any.
What number in writing? All write on slates.
What number in needlework? Not any.
What number free before the war? 3.
Have you a Sabbath School? Have not yet commenced on account of bad weather.
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 reported to the Bureau?   
Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools?
2. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools?   
White,   
Colored,
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? $7.50
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.
The inclemency of the weather and bad state of the roads has prevented a great many children from attending who expect to join the school.

(Signed) Sallie B. Howell
Teacher of Freedmen's School at Bellewood School, St. Mary's Co.
Great Mills P.O.

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

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