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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of  November, 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? No 1   
Location (town, county, or district)?  Christiana
Is it a Day or Night-School?  Day
Of what grade? 
When did your present session commence? August 1  
When to close? 
Is your School supported by an Educational Society?   In part
What Society? Del. Educational
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?*   No
Name of Board or Com.?   
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?*   No
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? $12.25
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No
Who owns the School-building? Trustees Lumber furnished by F. B.
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?   No
How much per month? 
What number of Teachers and [[strikethrough]]Assistants[[/strikethrough]] in your School?   1
White? 
Colored? yes
Total enrolment for the month?†  Thirty six 
Male?  Twelve
Female? Twenty four
Number enrolled last report?   

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

Number left school this month? Three
Number new Scholars this month? all
What is the average attendance? Thirty four

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

How many hours have you taught per day? 5 1/2
How many days have you taught this month? 25
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.}

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? All
Number of White Pupils? 
Number always present? Thirty three
Number always punctual? Thirty three 
Number over 16 years of age? Three
Number in Alphabet?  Ten
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? Fifteen
Number in advanced readers? Eleven
Number in Geography? Eight
Number in Arithmetic? Ten
Number in higher branches? 
Number in Writing? Eleven
Number in Needle-work? 0
Number free before the war? 0
Have you a Sabbath-School?   No
How many Teachers?   
How many Pupils? 
Have you an Industrial School?   
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?   No
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?   No
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, 
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?   
Name of the Society? 
Remarks. 

(Signed) Sarah Thomas
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.

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