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

(Answers placed here.)
Name and location of your School? Bladensburg Colored School   
Of what grade? Intermediate
When did your present session commence? 1st October  
When to close? In next July 
Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.? 0 Yes  
What Society? New York Friends
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? No  
Have you had Bureau transportation? No
Who owns the School building? The Bureau of Freedman
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No 
How much? 0 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 1 
White 0 
Colored  
What number of pupils enrolled during the month?* 58.30 
Male 28 
Female  

What number of pupils enrolled last report? 69  
{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? 11
What number new scholars this month? None

What is the average attendance? 44
What number of pupils pay tuition? None
What number of white Pupils? 0
What number always present? 30
What number always punctual? 30
What number over 16 years of age? 1
What number in Alphabet? 4
What number who spell, and read easy lessons? 4 in Watson's primary 15 in 1st reader
What number of advanced readers? the rest in Watson's 2nd and 3rd readers,
What number in Geography? 18 in books and the rest off maps
What number in Arithmetic? [[strikethrough]] 2 in grammar [[/strikethrough]] All in mental 20 in
What number in higher branches? 2 in grammar
What number in Writing? All on slates, 30 in books 
What number in needlework? 17
What number free before the war? 3
Have you a Sabbath-School? The colored people teach one 
What number of Teachers in Sabbath School? 2
What number of Pupils in Sabbath School? about 25
Have you an Industrial School?   
State kind of work done? No only sew some Fridays

☞ 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? 0  
Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 0
2. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? 0  
White, 0
Colored, 0 
3. Give name and Post Office address of the Teachers? 0  
4. How many Sabbath Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? 0
5. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? 0   
White, 0
Colored, 0 
6. Whole amount of tuition paid by colored pupils during the month? 0
7. Whole expense for your School by Public School Board for the month? 0
8. Whole expense for your School by the Freedmen's Bureau for the month? 0
9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Secesh
10. Remarks. I have 7 women who say lessons to me between Schools. Our night school is very small. Since the men are working away & evenings short.

(Signed) Sallie Cadwallader
Teacher of Freedmen's School at Bladensburg

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

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