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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of December 31., 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? Carthagenion
Location (town, county, or district)? Dorchester
Is it a Day or Night-School? D & N
Of what grade? Intermediate
When did your present session commence? Oct 18.
When to close? June
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? Yes   
What Society? N. Eng Br. F & . W. C
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?* Yes 
Name of Board or Com.? E. N. M. S. B.
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? Yes
Who owns the School-building? The Col'd People
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? no   
How much per month? not anything
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One school
White? 
Colored? 
Total enrolment for the month?† Seventeen 
Male? Ten  
Female? Seven
Number enrolled last report? Sixteen 

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

Number left school this month? Two
Number new Scholars this month? One
What is the average attendance? Fourteen

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

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

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? Seventeen
Number of White Pupils? Not any
Number always present? Fourteen
Number always punctual? Ten
Number over 16 years of age? One
Number in Alphabet? Not any
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? Sixteen
Number in advanced readers? One
Number in Geography? Nie
Number in Arithmetic? Nine
Number in higher branches? Not any
Number in Writing? Three
Number in Needle-work? Not any
Number free before the war? Eight
Have you a Sabbath-School? No
How many Teachers? Not any
How many Pupils? Not any
Have you an Industrial School? No  
How many Teachers? Not any
How many Pupils? Not any
State the kind of work done? Not any kind.

☞ 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? I do not  
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? I do not
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, Not favorable
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? not one
Name of the Society? 
Remarks. The school is making very good progress.

(Signed) J. F Pierfort Dickson
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. Typos transcribed as is in "Number in Geography" line