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[Ed. Form, No. 3.] TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT For the Month of April, 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? Mount Pleasant Location (town, county, or district)? Oakville. Is it a Day or Night School? Of what grade? Primary When did your present session commence? Dec 23rd When to close? June 30th Is your School supported by an Educational Society? Partially What Society? Freedman's Union Com Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* No Name of Board or Com.? Am't pd. this month? Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* No Name of Board or Com.? Am't pd. this month Is your School supported wholly by the Freedmen? No Amount paid for this month Is your School supported in part by the Freedmen? Yes Amount paid for this month? Teachers board Have you had Bureau transportation this term? Yes Who owns the School-building? Bureau Is rent paid by the Freedmen's Bureau? No How much? What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One White? Colored? Col'd Total enrolment for the month?† 39 Male? 16 Female [[strikethrough]] 3 [[/strikethrough]] 23 Number enrolled last report? 64 {Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the present total enrolment.} Number left school this month? 25 Number new Scholars this month? None What is the average attendance? 25 Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? None Number of White Pupils? None Number always present? Twenty Number always punctual? Eighteen Number over 16 years of age? None Number in Alphabet? One Number who spell, and read easy lessons? Eight Number in advanced readers? - Fourteen. Number in Geography? - Eleven Number in Arithmetic? - Eleven Number in higher branches? None Number in Writing? Eleven Number in Needle-work? None Number free before the war? Four Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes How many teachers? One How many Pupils? 18 Have you an Industrial School? No Number of pupils? State the kind of work done? ☞ 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? No How many? 2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? No. of Teachers. White, Colored, 3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? No How many? 4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? No. of Teachers White, Colored, 5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Honourable 6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? 17 Name of the Society? Freedman's Soc. Remarks. (Signed) A. B. Gibson 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.