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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.

[[2 Columned Table]]
| --- | (Answers placed here.) |

| --- | --- |
| Name and location of your School? | Island Creek School, Island Creek, Md.|
| Of what grade? | Intermediate |
When did your present session commence? | Jan 27, 1868 When to close? |
|Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.? |--- What Society? In part by Freedman's Bureau |
| Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub, School Board? |---|
| Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen? |---|
| Have you had Bureau transportation? | Yes |
| Who owns the School building? | Freedmen |
| Is rent paid by Freedman's Bureau? | No How much?|
| What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School ? | White Colored one teacher |
| What number of pupils enrolled during the month?* | 47 Male 32 Female 15 |
| What number of pupils enrolled last report? | 41 {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? | 2 |
| What number of new scholars this month? | 58 |
| What is the average attendance? | [ 54 |
| What number of pupils pay tuition? | All |
| What number of white pupils? | 0 |
| What number always present? | 31 |
| What number always punctual? | 31 |
| What number over sixteen years of age? | --- |
| What number in the Alphabet? | 10 |
| What number spell and read easy lessons? | 36 |
| What number of advanced readers? | 8 |
| What number in Geography? | 0 |
| What number in Arithmetic? | 0 |
| What number in higher branches? | 0 |
| What number in writing? | 0 |
| What number in needlework? | 0 |
| What number free before the war? | --- |
| Have you a Sabbath School? | No |
| 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? 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 Bureau? 
5. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? White, Colored,
6. Whole amount of tuition paid by colored pupils during the month? 9.00
7. Whole expense for your School by Public School Board for the month? 
8. Whole expense for your School by the Freedman's Bureau for the month?
9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, The whites do not favor them, but do not disturb
10. Remarks.My next report will be [[more?]] full than this. One day I had seventy eight scholars (78); another day I had seventy four scholars (74).
* A pupil is not to be reported as enrolled until after five days' attendance.

(signed)
Horace F. Owens
Teacher at Island Creed, Talbot county, Md.