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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of October, 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?   Worton Point School 
Location (town, county, or district)?  Kent Co
Is it a Day or Night-School? Both 
Of what grade? Of the primary department
When did your present session commence? Oct 1st  
When to close? Probably last of June
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? No  
What Society? None
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* No  
Name of Board or Com.? None  
Am't pd. this month? 0
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* yes  
Name of Board or Com.?  Baltimore Association 
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? No  
Amount paid this month? None
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen?  Yes 
Amount paid this month? None at present
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No
Who owns the School-building? The colored people of Worton Point
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?  No 
How much per month? None
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 1  
White? No
Colored? yes
Total enrolment for the month?†   31
Male?  17
Female? 14
Number enrolled last report?  None 

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

Number left school this month? None
Number new Scholars this month? 3
What is the average attendance? 19

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

How many hours have you taught per day? 6½
How many days have you taught this month? 15
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching. We can not always hear and explain the lessons in 6 hours during the day. The night school is omitted one night in the week for their church}

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? All
Number of White Pupils? None
Number always present? 16
Number always punctual? 12
Number over 16 years of age? 12
Number in Alphabet? 3
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 15
Number in advanced readers? 7
Number in Geography? 6
Number in Arithmetic? 19
Number in higher branches? Grammar 3
Number in Writing? 14
Number in Needle-work? None
Number free before the war? 25
Have you a Sabbath-School?  yes 
How many Teachers?  1 
How many Pupils? 12 
Have you an Industrial School? No  
How many Teachers?  None
How many Pupils? None
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, None
Colored, None
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? No  
How many? None
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?  None 
No. of Teachers, None
White, None
Colored, None 
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, There is no disturbance from the public 
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?  None 
Name of the Society? Not any
Remarks. I believe the above to be true so far as I have been able to learn.

(Signed) Josephine Booth
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 2023-06-17 09:34:08