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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of December, 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 1  
When to close? I cannot say
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.? None   
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? $10
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? No   
Amount paid this month? None
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?† 10  
Male? 6 
Female? 4 
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? 6

{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? 18 
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching. The schools in the counties close at Christmas for the holidays. The smaller children could not attend all the time this month for the roads were bad. 16th no school a very bad day.}

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 11
Number of White Pupils? None
Number always present? 3
Number always punctual? 6 
Number over 16 years of age? None
Number in Alphabet? 1
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 4
Number in advanced readers? 5
Number in Geography? 5
Number in Arithmetic? 9
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? 1  
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? None
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? Could not   
No. of Teachers, None 
White, No
Colored, No
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? Do not know  
No. of Teachers, None
White, None
Colored, None
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, The public opinion has been tolerant 
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? 13  
Name of the Society? Hope Temperance Society
Remarks. The people themselves are negligent in sustaining their school here.

(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 2023-05-29 18:35:24