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[Ed. Form. No. 3.]
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 of your School? Knowlton School   
Location (town, county, or district)? Martinsburg W. Va. 
Is it a Day or Night-School? Day. 
Of what grade? Not graded.
When did your present session commence? Jan. 8th.  
When to close? March 27th.
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? It is.  
What Society? Free Baptist Home Mission for in past.
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* In part.  
Name of Board or Com.? Martinsburg Board.  
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* It is.  
Name of Board or Com.? Martinsburg Board.  
Am't pd. this month? $26.
Is your School supported wholly by the Freedmen? It is not.  
Amount paid this month? Nothing.
Is your School supported in part by the Freedmen? It is not.  
Amount paid this month? Nothing.
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? Have not.
Who owns the School-building? Mr. Webster.
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? It is not.  
How much? Nothing.
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One.  
White? One.
Colored? None.
Total enrolment for the month?† 78.  
Male? 40. 
Female? 38.

Number enrolled last report? 99.  
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the present total enrolment.}
Number left school this month? 24.
Number new Scholars this month? 3.

What is the average attendance? 48.
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? None.
Number of White Pupils? None.
Number always present? Thirty two.
Number always punctual? Thirty.
Number over 16 years of age? Five.
Number in Alphabet? Three.
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? Fifty-five.
Number in advanced readers? Twenty.
Number in Geography? Ten.
Number in Arithmetic? Twenty four.
Number in higher branches? None.
Number in Writing? Fifty.
Number in Needle-work? None.
Number free before the war? Ten.
Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes.  
How many Teachers? Five.  
How many Pupils? Seventy.
Have you an Industrial School? None    
How many Pupils? Not any.
State the kind of work done? Nothing.

☞ To the following questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about."
1. Do you know of any Schools for Refugees or Freedmen not reported to the State Superintendent? Do not.  
How many? None.
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? None  
No. of Teachers, None
White, none
Colored, none.
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? Yes,  
How many? One.
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? Do not know.  
No. of Teachers, know not.
White, none.
Colored, know not.
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, indifferent, on the whole. 
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? None  
Name of the Society? None.
Remarks. 

(Signed) Elmina L. Oliver.
Teacher.

* Or School Committee, either District, Town, City, County, or State?
† A pupil is not to be REPORTED as enrolled until after five days' attendance.

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