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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of March 1870, 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? McComas Institute
Location (town, county, or district)? Harford Co. Md 
Is it a Day or Night-School? Day 
Of what grade? Primary
When did your present session commence? Oct 13 69  
When to close? June 30th, 1870
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? Yes  
What Society? Baltimore Educational Association.
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.? Mount Zion Branch  
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? No  
Amount paid this month? $15.00
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? Yes  
Amount paid this month? 
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No
Who owns the School-building? Board of Trustees
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No 
How much per month? 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 1  
White? 
Colored? Yes
Total enrolment for the month?† 37  
Male? 18 
Female? 19

Number enrolled last report? 44   
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.}
Number left school this month? 10
Number new Scholars this month? 3

{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? 23
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.}

What is the average attendance? 33
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? Unknown
Number of White Pupils? None
Number always present? 29
Number always punctual? 10
Number over 16 years of age? 9
Number in Alphabet? 6
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 13
Number in advanced readers? 18
Number in Geography? 6
Number in Arithmetic? 37 
Number in higher branches? 3
Number in Writing? 20
Number in Needle-work? 11
Number free before the war? Unknown,
Have you a Sabbath-School? No  
How many Teachers?   
How many Pupils? 
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? 
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, Favorable
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? None  
Name of the Society? 
Remarks. 

(Signed) Louie C. Waters 
Teacher.
Abraham Waters

* 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:
---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-06-26 02:56:43 The $15.00 response to "Amount paid this month?" was probably entered on the wrong line, but I transcribed it as written. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-06-27 17:25:59 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-06-28 09:59:29 minor edits ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-06-28 07:38:25