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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of November, 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? Oxford Colored School
Location (town, county, or district)? Talbot Co.
Is it a Day or Night-School? Day 
Of what grade? Of the Primary Department
When did your present session commence? Sept 1st
When to close? Probably the last of June.
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? No   
What Society?  None
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* No  
Name of Board or Com.? Not any
Am't pd. this month? None 
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* Yes   
Name of Board or Com.? Baltimore Association   
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? No   
Amount paid this month? None for November
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? Yes   
Amount paid this month? None _  
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No
Who owns the School-building? The Freedmen of Oxford
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No   
How much per month? None
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 1   
White? No
Colored? Yes
Total enrolment for the month?† 13  
Male?  7
Female? 6

Number enrolled last report? 13   
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.}
Number left school this month? None
Number new Scholars this month? None
What is the average attendance? 10

{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}
How many hours have you taught per day? 6 
How many days have you taught this month? 19 
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching. No school November 11 and 26 on account of a severe rain. The children live so far that they do not come such weather.}

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 12
Number of White Pupils? None 
Number always present? 6 
Number always punctual? 10
Number over 16 years of age? None 
Number in Alphabet? 1
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 6 
Number in advanced readers? 6
Number in Geography? 5
Number in Arithmetic? 11
Number in higher branches? None 
Number in Writing? 5
Number in Needle-work? None 
Number free before the war? None 
Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes   
How many Teachers? 2  
How many Pupils? 10 
Have you an Industrial School? No   
How many Teachers? None   
How many Pupils? None
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? Not any
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? Cannot  
No. of Teachers, Cannot say  
White, Do not know
Colored, Do not know.
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? None   
How many? None 
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?  Could not   
No. of Teachers, Cannot Say  
White, Do not know
Colored, Do not know
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools,  
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? 13   
Name of the Society? The Temperance Society
Remarks. The attendance has been quite uniform among the pupils this month.

(Signed) Josephine Booth
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.

Transcription Notes:
Please fill in answers. Per SI staff, these reports are not to be transcribed as tables. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-05-25 09:19:51