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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT For the Month of September 1st, 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 and location of your School? Mill Swamp And locaed in Birdville M D. Of what grade? Of the primary grade. When did your present session commence? June 14th When to close? Sep the 1st. Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.? None What Society? Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board? None Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen? In part by Freedmen Have you had Bureau transportation? None. Who owns the School building? The Freedmen owns the building. Is rent paid by Freedman's Bureau? No. How much? None. What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? None White Colored What number of pupils enrolled during the month?* 60 Male 42 Female 18. What number of pupils enrolled last report? 58. {Number rolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the number now enrolled.} What number left School this month? 1. What number of new scholars this month? 9. What is the average attendance? 40. What number of pupils pay tuition? None. What number of white pupils? None. What number always present? 39. What number always punctual? 35. What number over sixteen years of age? 2 over sixteen years age. What number in Alphabet? 4 in Alphabet. What number spell and read easy lessons? 19 read easy lesson [[?]] What number of advanced readers? 7 in advanced readers. What number in Geography? 7 in Geography. What number in Arithmetic? 7 in arithmetic. What number in higher branches? None. What number in writing? 18 in writing. What number in needlework? None What number free before the war? [[strikethrough]] 7 [[/strikethrough]] 9 free before the war. Have you a Sabbath School? I have What number of Teachers in Sabbath School? 2 teachers What number of pupils in Sabbath School? 30 in Sabbath school. Have you an Industrial School? None State kind of work done? None ☞ To the following questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about." 1. How many Day or Night Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? 2 Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 114. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? 2 White, Colored, 2 3. Give name and Post Office of the Teachers, West River Post Office 4. How many Sabbath Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? None 5. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? 0 White, Colored, 0 6. Whole amount of tuition paid by colored pupils during the month? 0 7. Whole expense for you School by Public School Board for the month? 0 8. Whole expense for your School by the Freedmen's Bureau for the month? 0 9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, [[strikethrough]] I [[/strikethrough]] They are very good. 10. Remarks. I am sorry that you did not come down. (Signed) Noah Lewis. Teacher of Freedmen's School at Mill Swamp. * A pupil is not to be reported as enrolled until· after five days' attendance.
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