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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? Colored Union School [[?]]
Location (town, county, or district)? St Mary Co Ma
Is it a Day or Night-School? Both
Of what grade? Primary
When did your present session commence? Dec 23
When to close? June 30th 1869
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? yes
What Society? On Union Commission
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? no
Amount paid this month? 
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? yes
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? twenty dollars
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?   
White? none
Colored? yes
Total enrolment for the month?† seventy eight
Male?  yes
Female? no
Number enrolled last report? Eighty Six

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

Number left school this month? sixteen
Number new Scholars this month? Eight
What is the average attendance? [[61?]]
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? none
Number of White Pupils? none
Number always present? fifteen
Number always punctual? fifteen
Number over 16 years of age? [[ten?]]
Number in Alphabet? 6
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 54
Number in advanced readers? 18
Number in Geography? twenty
Number in Arithmetic? Twenty [[?]]
Number in higher branches? none
Number in Writing? fifteen
Number in Needle-work? none
Number free before the war? six
Have you a Sabbath-School? yes
How many Teachers? 1
How many Pupils? 78
Have you an Industrial School? none
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? none
How many? none
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? none
No. of Teachers, none
White, 0
Colored, 0
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? none
How many? none
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? none
No. of Teachers, none
White, 
Colored, 
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, very good better than ever
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? 45
Name of the Society? [[Total Abstinence?]]
Remarks. The school is in splendid [[condition?]] [[?]] still progressing

(Signed) John [[Cajay?]]
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 2023-06-09 11:30:48 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-06-09 17:46:55