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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of March, 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?  Colered Union  
Location (town, county, or district)? Leonardtown 
Is it a Day or Night-School? both 
Of what grade? Intermediate
When did your present session commence? Oct 14 1869  
When to close? June 30th 1870
Is your School supported by an Educational Society?  yes 
What Society? Pensylvania Freedmen Relief Ass
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?*  yes 
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? no
Who owns the School-building? Freedmen
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? none  
How much per month? twenty dollars
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 1  
White? no
Colored? yes
Total enrolment for the month?† ninety-eight  
Male?  yes
Female? no
Number enrolled last report?  seventy 

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

Number left school this month? none
Number new Scholars this month? twenty-eight
What is the average attendance? Eighty-six

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

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? none
Number of White Pupils? none
Number always present? twenty seven
Number always punctual? twenty seven
Number over 16 years of age? seventeen
Number in Alphabet? three
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? sixty three
Number in advanced readers? thirty-two
Number in Geography? thirty-two in books
Number in Arithmetic? thirty-two in books
Number in higher branches? none
Number in Writing? thirty-two
Number in Needle-work? none
Number free before the war? six 
Have you a Sabbath-School?  yes 
How many Teachers?  1 
How many Pupils? 98
Have you an Industrial School?  no 
How many Teachers?   
How many Pupils? 
State the kind of work done? none

☞ 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? none  
How many? none
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? none  
No. of Teachers, none
White, none
Colored, none
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? none  
How many? none
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? none  
No. of Teachers, none
White, none
Colored, none
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Very good. The 15th Amendment pretty well received
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? yes  
Name of the Society Total abstinence
Remarks. Good school the people more alive to Educational interest than formerly

(Signed) John Cajay
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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