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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of January, 1869.

☞ 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? Harper's Ferry   
Location (town, county, or district)? Jefferson Co. 
Is it a Day or Night-School? Day
Of what grade? Primary
When did your present session commence? Jan 4   
When to close? Is not known
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? Yes
What Society? Free Bap. H.M.S.
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* No
Name of Board or Com.? -
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* No
Name of Board or Com.? -
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? No  
Amount paid this month? -
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? No  
Amount paid this month? -
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No 
Who owns the School-building? [[?]]
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No  
How much per month? 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One
White? One
Colored? None
Total enrolment for the month?† Forty three 
Male? Twenty eight
Female? Fifteen
Number enrolled last report?   -

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

Number left school this month? -
Number new Scholars this month? Forty-Three
What is the average attendance? Thirty-three

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

How many hours have you taught per day? Five 1/2]
How many days have you taught this month? Twenty
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.}

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? None 
Number of White Pupils? None
Number always present? Thirty three
Number always punctual? Twenty
Number over 16 years of age? Twenty
Number in Alphabet? Four
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? Thirty 
Number in advanced readers? Nine
Number in Geography? Three
Number in Arithmetic? Ten
Number in higher branches? None 
Number in Writing? Thirteen
Number in Needle-work? None
Number free before the war? Two
Have you a Sabbath-School?  Yes 
How many Teachers? Six
How many Pupils? about fifty
Have you an Industrial School? No  
How many Teachers?  None 
How many Pupils? None
State the kind of work done? Not any

☞ 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? 
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, Hateful
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?   
Name of the Society? 
Remarks. 

(Signed) Laura E. Brackett
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 2023-06-01 02:24:29