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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of August 1 st , 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?  Mill Swamp  
Location (town, county, or district)?  County
Is it a Day or Night-School?  Day School
Of what grade? It is a primary grade
When did your present session commence?   June 14th
When to close? Close the first of Sept.
Is your School supported by an Educational Society?   
What Society? no
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? no
Who owns the School-building? Freedmen
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?   It is not
How much per month? 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?   
White? 
Colored? 
Total enrolment for the month?†   56
Male? 38 
Female? 18
Number enrolled last report?  50 last month 

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

Number left school this month? 3 left school
Number new Scholars this month? 6 new pupils
What is the average attendance? Forty

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

How many hours have you taught per day? 7
How many days have you taught this month? 16. 32/39
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.}They were a working in my schoolhouse 2 days. Makeing benchis theirfore I could not work.

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? None
Number of White Pupils? None
Number always present? 30 present
Number always punctual? 25 punctual
Number over 16 years of age? 2
Number in Alphabet? 5 in Alphabet
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 15
Number in advanced readers? 7 in 3 readers
Number in Geography? 7 in geography
Number in Arithmetic? 1 in arithmetic
Number in higher branches? None
Number in Writing? 18 in writing
Number in Needle-work? None
Number free before the war? 10 before war 
Have you a Sabbath-School?  I have 
How many Teachers?   
How many Pupils? 
Have you an Industrial School?   None
How many Teachers?   
How many Pupils? 
State the kind of work done? None

☞ 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? 
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?   114
No. of Teachers, 2
White, 
Colored, 
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent?   none
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, Some of them is against the school
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?  None 
Name of the Society? 
Remarks. Please send me word about the blackboard 

(Signed) Noah Lewis
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:
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