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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? Storer Normal     
Location (town, county, or district)?  Harpers Ferry
Is it a Day or Night-School?  Day
Of what grade? Normal
When did your present session commence?   Oct. 8th
When to close? June 30th
Is your School supported by an Educational Society?   It is
What Society? First Baptist Home Mission Society
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?*   It is not
Name of Board or Com.?  - 
Am't pd. this month? -
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?*   It is not
Name of Board or Com.?  - 
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? Have not
Who owns the School-building? Storer College
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?   It is not
How much per month? -
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?   Three
White? Three
Colored? None
Total enrolment for the month?†  Thirty nine 
Male?  Twenty two
Female? Seventeen
Number enrolled last report?  Thirty five 

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

Number left school this month? Seventeen
Number new Scholars this month? One
What is the average attendance? Thirty six

{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}

How many hours have you taught per day? Eleven
How many days have you taught this month? Thirteen
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.} Vacation

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? None
Number of White Pupils? None
Number always present? thirty
Number always punctual? Thirty
Number over 16 years of age? Eighteen
Number in Alphabet? None
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? None
Number in advanced readers? Thirty nine
Number in Geography? Thirty nine
Number in Arithmetic? Thirty nine
Number in higher branches? Fourteen
Number in Writing? Thirty nine
Number in Needle-work? None
Number free before the war? Six 
Have you a Sabbath-School?   Yes
How many Teachers?   Five
How many Pupils? Seventy five
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?   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? Yes  
How many? One 
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? Don't know  
No. of Teachers, Don't know
White, None
Colored, Don't know
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Don't know
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?   
Name of the Society? 
Remarks. 

(Signed) N.C. Brackett Principal
M.J. Stowers. Asst Teacher.
P.P. Libby

* 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:
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