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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of  April, 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?  Little Ark.  
Location (town, county, or district)?  Anne Arundel Co.
Is it a Day or Night-School?  Day
Of what grade? Primary
When did your present session commence?   Feb. 1st 1869.
When to close? June 30th 1869.
Is your School supported by an Educational Society?   
What Society? 
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?*   
Name of Board or Com.?   
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?*   
Name of Board or Com.?   
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen?   
Amount paid this month? 
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen?   
Amount paid this month? 
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? I have.
Who owns the School-building? The Freedmen.
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?   No Sir
How much per month? 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?  None 
White? 
Colored? 
Total enrolment for the month?†   95
Male?  55
Female? 40
Number enrolled last report?   65

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

Number left school this month? 2
Number new Scholars this month? 30
What is the average attendance? 70
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 36
Number of White Pupils? 1
Number always present? 70
Number always punctual? 70
Number over 16 years of age? 2
Number in Alphabet? 16
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 62
Number in advanced readers? 17
Number in Geography? 11
Number in Arithmetic? 11
Number in higher branches? 0
Number in Writing? 11
Number in Needle-work? 0
Number free before the war? 1
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?   No Sir
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?   No Sir
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 good.
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?   None.
Name of the Society? 
Remarks. The Sabbath School has been moved from the schoolhouse to the church so not a good report this month.

(Signed) Jeremiah B. Swan.
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. Can't tell if number of Pupils for who tuition is paid is 36 or 86