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[Ed. Form, No. 3.] TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT For the Month of March, 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? Pisgah School Charles, Co Location (town, county, or district)? Maryland Is it a Day or Night-School? Day School Of what grade? Primary When did your present session commence? Jan 7 When to close? June 30th Is your School supported by an Educational Society? No What Society? - 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? Yes Amount paid this month? Six dollars and seventy five cts 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? Freedmen Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No How much per month? - What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One [[strikethrough]] White? [[/strikethrough]] Colored? Total enrolment for the month?† Eight Male? Female? Number enrolled last report? Forty {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? Eight What is the average attendance? 29 Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 27 Number of White Pupils? None Number always present? None Number always punctual? None Number over 16 years of age? 3 Number in Alphabet? 1 Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 25 Number in advanced readers? None Number in Geography? None Number in Arithmetic? 2 Number in higher branches? None Number in Writing? 2 Number in Needle-work? Number free before the war? None 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? I don't 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, As a general thing it is against the school 6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? None Name of the Society? Remarks. My school is progressing rapidly but the weather has been disagreeable and the scholars live of far that they can not attend regularly (Signed) Thomas B. Snowden 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.
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