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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of February first, 186 [[strikethrough]] 8 [[/strikethrough]] 9.

☞ 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? Oakwood   
Location (town, county, or district)?  
Is it a Day or Night-School? it is both[[?]]
Of what grade? Urge might favor it  A second [[?]].
When did your present session commence? Feby 1  
When to close? April first.
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.? Wm. Knight E. Davis 
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* No  
Name of Board or Com.?  Edwin Hill & others 
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? it is not  
Amount paid this month? 
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? it is not  
Amount paid this month? 
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? I have not
Who owns the School-building? The Colored people
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? it is not  
How much per month? 
What number of Teachers and [[strikethrough]] Assistants in your [[/strikethrough]] School? [[strikethrough]] one [[/strikethrough]]   
White? 
Colored? colored
Total enrolment for the month?† forty two  
Male?  31
Female? 11
Number enrolled last report? no School. 

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

Number left school this month? Not any
Number new Scholars this month? All of them
What is the average attendance? forty
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? all pay 
Number of White Pupils? havent any
Number always present? forty
Number always punctual? forty
Number over 16 years of age? twenty
Number in Alphabet? not any
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? twenty-8
Number in advanced readers? Ten
Number in Geography? nine
Number in Arithmetic? twenty-five
Number in higher branches? three
Number in Writing? twenty five
Number in Needle-work? not any
Number free before the war? twenty six
Have you a Sabbath-School? we have not
How many Teachers? [[strikethrough] one [[/strikethrough]]  
How many Pupils? 
Have you an Industrial School?   Havent started yet
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 do not   
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? I do not 
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, Very favorable in this Neighborhood.
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? very nearly all except the younger portion 
Name of the Society? 
Remarks. 

(Signed) Christiana Howard
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 2023-06-07 16:28:14 Changed might to night. Capitalized certain words that were capitalized in picture