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[Ed. Form, No. 3.] TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT For the Month of February, 1870 ☞ 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? Beverly School| Church Creek Location (town, county, or district)? Dorchester Co Is it a Day or Night-School? Day school Of what grade? 2nd grade When did your present session commence? Nov 1869 When to close? 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? 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 Trustees Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? It is not How much per month? 50 cents per month What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? one White? Colored? colored Total enrolment for the month?† Feb 40 Male? Female? Both Number enrolled last report? 40 {Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.} Number left school this month? One Number new Scholars this month? One What is the average attendance? Thirty {Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.} How many hours have you taught per day? 6 hours How many days have you taught this month? Nineteen {Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching. Lost one day on account of the impossibility of the roads--the water after heavy rains--forming small lakes for nearly a quarter of a mile.} Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? Fifteen Number of White Pupils? None Number always present? Thirty Number always punctual? Thirty Number over 16 years of age? Seven I believe Number in Alphabet? None at present Number who spell, and read easy lessons? Ten Number in advanced readers? Twenty nine Number in Geography? Twenty Number in Arithmetic? Twenty five Number in higher branches? Four Number in Writing? Thirty Number in Needle-work? Five knitting Number free before the war? All Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes How many Teachers? One How many Pupils? Forty 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? 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? 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? None Name of the Society? Remarks. I have given all the information I have been able to collect. (Signed) Anna L. Story 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.