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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of June, 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?  Sharp St. School. Sandy Spring. Montg'y. Co.
Of what grade?  Day School. Primary. 
When did your present session commence?  1st Octr. When to close? 30th June 
Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.?  Yes What Society? The Balto. Assoc. for improvement. of Cold. people 
Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board?
Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen?  in part
Have you had Bureau transportation? 
Who owns the School building?  The Colored People 
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?  No How much?
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?  One White Colored 
What number of pupils enrolled during the month?*  54 Male 25 Female 29 
What number of pupils enrolled last report?  57 
What number left School this month?  5 {Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the whole number now enrolled. } 
What number of new Scholars this month? 2
What is the average attendance? 39.
What number of pupils pay tuition? 46.
What number of white pupils?  None
What number always present? 5
What number always punctual? 35
What number over sixteen years of age? 2
What number in Alphabet? 13
What number spell and read easy lessons? 6
What number of advanced readers? 31 
What number in Geography? 15
What number in Arithmetic? 38
What number in higher branches?  None
What number in writing? 29
What number in needlework? None
What number free before the war?
Have you a Sabbath School? Yes
What number of Teachers in Sabbath School? 4
What number of pupils in Sabbath School? 50
Have you an Industrial School? No. State kind of work done?

To the following questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter 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, ___
3. Give name and Post Office 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. 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, Very favorable
10. Remarks. The 1st of the Month being Whet Monday was kept as a Holliday-

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

(Signed) John Cornwall
Teacher of Freedmen's School at Sandy Spring

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