Viewing page 42 of 260

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

[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? hopehill   
Location (town, county, or district)? Urbana
Is it a Day or Night-School? day 
Of what grade? 
When did your present session commence? 17th Jan
When to close? on the 31st of May.
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? no   
What Society? 
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?* no   
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? Trustees of hopehill
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? no  
How much per month? [[strikethrough]] 20 [[/strikethrough]]
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 1 teachr 
White? 
Colored? colored
Total enrolment for the month?† 28  
Male?  
Female? female

Number enrolled last report? 28 {Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.}
Number left school this month? not any
Number new Scholars this month? not any

{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}
How many hours have you taught per day? 6 hrs
How many days have you taught this month? 
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching. I have not been deficient in time nor teaching}

What is the average attendance? 20.
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? not any 
Number of White Pupils? not any
Number always present? 25
Number always punctual? 22.
Number over 16 years of age? not any, 
Number in Alphabet? 3.
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 9 
Number in advanced readers? 19
Number in Geography? 8
Number in Arithmetic? 4
Number in higher branches? not any. 
Number in Writing? 4
Number in Needle-work? 
Number free before the war? 12
Have you a Sabbath-School? yes 
How many Teachers? 1  
How many Pupils? 28
Have you an Industrial School? no   
How many Teachers?   
How many Pupils? 
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?   
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. 

(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.

P.S. You can send my check just the same direct is to Buckeystown as I wont leave before next Monday, for Philadelphia. Virginia P Taylor

Transcription Notes:
Please fill in answers. Per SI staff, these reports are not to be transcribed as tables. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-06-29 09:14:47