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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? May Hoye    
Location (town, county, or district)? Cumberland  
Is it a Day or Night-School? Both  
Of what grade? Primary 
When did your present session commence? Oct 26   
When to close? June 30 
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? It is   
What Society? Baltimore 
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?*    
Name of Board or Com.?   
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* It is   
Name of Board or Com.?   
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen?    
Amount paid this month? 
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? It is   
Amount paid this month? 
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? I had not. 
Who owns the School-building? Colored people. 
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?   
How much per month? 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 1   
White? 
Colored? Yes 
Total enrolment for the month?† 60 day   13 night  
Male? 34  
Female? 26   

{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.}
Number enrolled last report? 57   

Number left school this month? 6 
Number new Scholars this month? 9  

{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}
What is the average attendance? 31   9 nignt
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? All [[?]]

Number of White Pupils? 0
How many hours have you taught per day? 8 Day & night 
Number always present? 10
How many days have you taught this month? 17 
Number always punctual? 0

{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.}
Number over 16 years of age? 6  6 days lost. Holiday.
Number in Alphabet? 1 day 1 night school 
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? [[31]]  6 night school 
Number in advanced readers? 30  6 night school 
Number in Geography? 26 2 night school 
Number in Arithmetic? 37 4 night school 
Number in higher branches? 6 2 night school 
Number in Writing? All [[?]] on slates 
Number in Needle-work? All girls 

Number free before the war? 30+ 
Have you a Sabbath-School? No  
How many Teachers?   
How many Pupils? 
Have you an Industrial School? No   
How many Teachers?   
How many 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?   
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?   
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, Favorable   
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? 6   
Name of the Society? Rising sons & daughters of Cumberland 
Remarks. 

(Signed) H. J. West.
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:
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