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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of June, 1869.

☞ 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? Emmanuel
Location (town, county, or district)? Rock Dale Dist.
Is it a Day or Night-School? Day
Of what grade? Intermediate.
When did your present session commence? Mar 23/69.
When to close? July 2nd 1869 for one week.
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? Nothing
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* No.
Name of Board or Com.? -
Am't pd. this month? Nothing
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? No.
Amount paid this month? Nothing
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? Not this month
Amount paid this month? Nothing
Have you had Bureau Transportation this term? No.
Who owns the School-building? Private parties - Whites.
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No.
How much per month? By the teacher: 50 cents per mo
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? None
White? -
Colored? -
Total enrolment for the month?† Seven
Male? Two.
Female? Five.

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

{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}
How many hours have you taught per day? Two.
How many days have you taught this month? Twenty-two.
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching. Two hours per day have been enough for the instruction of my pupils -}


What is the average attendance? Four
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? None this mo
Number of White Pupils? None.
Number always present? One.
Number always punctual? One.
Number over 16 years of age? Two. 
Number in Alphabet? None.
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? Five.
Number in advanced Readers? One.
Number in Geography? None.
Number in Arithmetic? None.
Number in higher branches? None.
Number in Writing? None.
Number in Needle-work? None.
Number free before the war? None.
Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes
How many Teachers? Four
ow many Pupils? One hundred
Have you an Industrial School? No 
How many Teachers? None
How many Pupils? None
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? 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, as far as learned with few exceptions, not favorable
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? None
Name of the Society? -
Remarks.
I am holding on under persecution and false witnessing for "the crops be laid by."
We have premises of pupils enough for one teacher to enter them.


(Signed) James Fitz Allan Sisson
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.