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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? Patuxent
Location (town, county, or district)?  4th
Is it a Day or Night-School?  day
Of what grade? 
When did your present session commence?  Nov 9th 
When to close? Last of June
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? No
Amount paid this month? 
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen?   
Amount paid this month? 
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? 
Who owns the School-building? Joseph Cowman
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No
How much per month? 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?  one 
White? 
Colored? Yes
Total enrolment for the month?† 26  
Male? 19
Female? 7
Number enrolled last report? 28

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

Number left school this month? 8
Number new Scholars this month? 1
What is the average attendance? 18
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? None
Number of White Pupils? None
Number always present? 15
Number always punctual? all
Number over 16 years of age? 
Number in Alphabet? one
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? Nine
Number in advanced readers? Eight
Number in Geography? Six
Number in Arithmetic? all
Number in higher branches? 
Number in Writing? 10
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?   
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, 
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?   
Name of the Society? 
Remarks. We need books -- several more would study Geography & Read in advanced Readers if they had books.
(Signed) Anna M Powell
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.