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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of  , 186 .

☞ 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?  Bladensburg Colored School  
Location (town, county, or district)?  In Prince George Cy Md.
Is it a Day or Night-School?  Both
Of what grade?  Intermediate
When did your present session commence?  In Sep
When to close?  14th of December 68.
Is your School supported by an Educational Society?  Yes
What Society?  New York Friends
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?*  0
Name of Board or Com.?  0
Am't pd. this month?  $40
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?*  0
Name of Board or Com.?  0
Am't pd. this month?  0
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen?   
Amount paid this month?  0
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen?  0 
Amount paid this month?  0
Have you had Bureau transportation this term?  0
Who owns the School-building?  The Bureau & Freedmen
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?  No 
How much per month?  0
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?  1 Te
White?  Yes
Colored?  no
Total enrolment for the month?†  37
Male?  14
Female?  23
Number enrolled last report?  31

{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.}

Number left school this month?  0
Number new Scholars this month?  6
What is the average attendance?  32

{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}

How many hours have you taught per day?  I teach from nine till 12 from 1 till 4.
How many days have you taught this month?  5 days of each week - 3 d./w
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.
My Sister came from the North to see me  By consent of Committee I dismissed school 3 days which time I shall make up in Grammar}

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 0
Number of White Pupils? 0
Number always present? 20
Number always punctual? 20
Number over 16 years of age? 1
Number in Alphabet? 6
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 11
Number in advanced readers? 19
Number in Geography? 19
Number in Arithmetic? 29
Number in higher branches? 1
Number in Writing? 29
Number in Needle-work? 15
Number free before the war? 3
Have you a Sabbath-School? There is one
How many Teachers?  3
How many Pupils? 31
Have you an Industrial School?  yes
How many Teachers?  1
How many Pupils? 15
State the kind of work done? Patchwork & making dresses & aprons principally

☞ 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? 0
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?  0
No. of Teachers, 0
White, 0
Colored, 0
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent?  0
How many? 0
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?  0
No. of Teachers, 0
White, 0
Colored, 0
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Opposition to & jealousy of it.
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?  All
Name of the Society?  The Howard Total Abstinence Ass.
Remarks.  My school has decreased because several have moved away  Those who come are doing well and progressing nicely.

(Signed) S.A. Cadwallader
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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