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[Ed. Form, No.3]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the month of , 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 district control of one Teacher, or a Teacher with one Assistant, is to be reported as one School.

[Answers placed here]
Name of your School? Cave Springs
Location (town, county, or district)? Town
Is it a Day or Night-School? day school
Of what grade?
When did your present session commence? 16
When to close? December
Is your School supported by an Education Society? yes
What Society? Methodist
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? yes
Amount paid this month? none
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? no
Amount paid this month? none
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? no
Who owns the School-building? Mr Culhersin
Is rent paid by Freedman's Bureau? no it is paid freemen
How much per month? $100
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 1
White? no
Colored? yes
Total enrolment for the month? 30
Male? 15 male
Female? 15
Number enrolled last report? 26
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left at school, must equal the present total enrolment.}

Number left school this month? none
Number of new Scholars this month? .80.
What is the average attendance? 35

{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}
How many hours have you taught per day?
How many days have you taught this month?
{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? 30
Number always punctual? 20
Number over 16 years of age? 16
Number in Alphabet? 10
Number who can spell, and read easy lessons? 8
Number in advanced readers? 5
Number in Geography? 1
Number in Arithmetic? 2
Number in higher branches?  1
Number in Writing? 1
Number in Needle-work? 3
Number free before the war? 1
Have you a Sabbath-School? yes
How many Teachers? 1
How many Pupils? 50
Have you an Industrial School? yes
How many Teachers? 
How many Pupils? 
State the kind of work done? Spell read write Arithmetic

To the following questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter 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, 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, 1
White, 
Colored, Colored
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Culhersin
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? 25
Name of the Society? Methodist
Remarks.

(Signed) Edward Amulet
Teacher.

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* 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:
Unclear answer on "who owns the school building" Unclear answer on "is rent paid by Freedmen's bureau" Unclear answer on "number new scholars this month" Unclear answer on "state the public sentiment towards Colored Schools" ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-09-25 13:47:30 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-09-25 17:54:44 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-09-26 08:16:41 Society is Methodist, not Methadic. Too many [[?]] to be marked as complete. Fixed errors in transcribing printed form. No dash after 5, it's just a way of writing the number. Confirmed building owner name when it was written for some reason in the "sentiments" section at bottom.