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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of May, 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? Oakland School West 
Location (town, county, or district)? River
Is it a Day or Night-School?  A day school
Of what grade? Primary
When did your present session commence? May 1st 
When to close? End of the Session May 31st
Is your School supported by an Educational Society?Ys 
What Society? 
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* No  
Name of Board or Com.? [[?]] of Trustees & Parents   
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?  No   
Name of Board or Com.?   
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? Yes
Amount paid this month? Ten Dollars Seventy Five ($10.75) 
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen?  
Amount paid this month?
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No
Who owns the School-building? Trustees
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?   
How much per month? 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One  
White? 
Colored? Yes
Total enrolment for the month?† Fifty four 54   
Male?  33
Female? 21
Number enrolled last report? Sixty two 62   

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

Number left school this month? Eight 8
Number new Scholars this month? Four 4
What is the average attendance? Has been 54

{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.}
There was no deficiency except exchange the Roany Weatha.

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 
Number of White Pupils? 
Number always present? 
Number always punctual? Nineteen 
Number over 16 years of age? 1.
Number in Alphabet? 
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? Twenty five 25
Number in advanced readers? Twenty nine 29
Number in Geography? [[strikethrough]] Teven [[/strikethrough]] 10
Number in Arithmetic? Thirty 30
Number in higher branches? 3
Number in Writing? Twenty nine 29
Number in Needle-work? 
Number free before the war? 
Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes  
How many Teachers? 4  
How many Pupils? 48
Have you an Industrial School?   
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?   
Name of the Society? 
Remarks. It is gratifying to [[?]] the Laborers in their field [[?]] that my [[?]] have not been in [[?]] but have [[?]]

(Signed) [[?]]
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. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-06-28 14:05:21 The remarks section is nearly illegible, and so is the signature ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-06-28 17:48:09