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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? Hunting Creek Hunting Creek  
Location (town, county, or district)? Mid, Dis. 
Is it a Day or Night-School? Day School 
Of what grade? Primary
When did your present session commence? Oct 26/68  
When to close? 
Is your School supported by an Educational Society?   
What Society? 
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?*   
Name of Board or Com.? Mr. Robert Gray 
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?*   
Name of Board or Com.? a Joseph Brown
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? Yes  
Amount paid this month? 
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen?   
Amount paid this month? 
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? Yes
Who owns the School-building? The Color'd People
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?   
How much per month? 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?   
White? 
Colored? 
Total enrolment for the month?† Nineteen  
Male? Twelve
Female? Nineteen

Number enrolled last report? Twenty two
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.}
Number left school this month? Three
Number new Scholars this month? Three
What is the average attendance? 9 3/28 days.

{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}
How many hours have you taught per day? 
How many days have you taught this month? Eighteen
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching. The weather & Christmas caused me to lose seven days.}

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 
Number of White Pupils? 
Number always present? Seven.
Number always punctual? Twelve.
Number over 16 years of age? 
Number in Alphabet? One.
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? Thirty.
Number in advanced readers? 
Number in Geography? 
Number in Arithmetic? 
Number in higher branches? 
Number in Writing? 
Number in Needle-work? 
Number free before the war? 

Have you a Sabbath-School?   
How many Teachers? -  
How many Pupils? -
Have you an Industrial School?   
How many Teachers? One   
How many Pupils? Thirty one.
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, The white people are somewhat opposed to them.
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?   
Name of the Society? 
Remarks. 

(Signed) Macon B. Allen.
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 2023-05-31 12:29:00