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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of  , 186 .

☞ 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?  Pleasant -- Grove west of Damascus  
Location (town, county, or district)?  Montgomery Co
Is it a Day or Night-School?  Day School
Of what grade? Primary
When did your present session commence? Nov 8  
When to close? the final of July
Is your School supported by an Educational Society?   
What Society? 
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?   
Amount paid this month? 
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen?   
Amount paid this month? 
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? have not
Who owns the School-building? the freemen
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?   
How much per month? 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?   1
White? 
Colored? 
Total enrolment for the month?†   25
Male?  17
Female? 8
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? 
Number new Scholars this month? all new
What is the average attendance? 14

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

How many hours have you taught per day? 6
How many days have you taught this month? 17
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.} the school house was not in a suitable condition therefore I could not take it before the eighth. 

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? twelve
Number of White Pupils? None
Number always present? 6
Number always punctual? 6
Number over 16 years of age? 12
Number in Alphabet? 6
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 19
Number in advanced readers? none
Number in Geography? none
Number in Arithmetic? 10
Number in higher branches? 
Number in Writing? 5
Number in Needle-work? 
Number free before the war? ten
Have you a Sabbath-School?   I have
How many Teachers?   three
How many Pupils? thirty
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?   no
How many? 0
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? 0   
No. of Teachers, 0
White, 0
Colored, 0
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? 0   
No. of Teachers, 0
White, 0
Colored, 0
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, some what hostile
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?   
Name of the Society? 
Remarks. scholars are studious and willing to be taught

(Signed) Miss Nancy Jones
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.