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[Ed. Form, No. 4.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT,
For the Month of May 1867.

A School under the distinct control of one Teacher, or a Teacher with one assistant, is to be reported as one School.
To be forwarded as soon as possible after the 1st of each month.

Number of Day-Schools One (1)
Number of Night-Schools Less [[Lefgarate?]] suport.
Location, and Name of School Branch Plantation, day school.
When opened May 14, 1867
Societies, &c., Patrons Am. Miss. Association
Number of Schools sustained by freedmen One (1) sustained entirely by freedmen
Number of Schools sustained in part by freedmen
Number of teachers transported by Bureau One
Number of School buildings owned by freedmen None
Number of School buildings furnished by Bureau None
Whole number of teachers One (1) White yes Colored
Whole number of pupils enrolled Twenty two Male Seven Female Fifteen
Number of pupils enrolled last report No report
Number left school this month None
Number of new scholars this month
Average attendance Eighteen
Number of pupils paying tuition The whole number twenty two
Number of White pupils None
Number always present Nine
Number always punctual
Number over 16 years of age None
Number in Alphabet Thirteen (13)
Number who spell and read every lessons Nine 
Number of advanced readers None
Number in geography None
Number in arithmetic mental Fourteen (14)
Number in higher branches None
Number in writing Two. on the class [[?]]
Number on needlework None
Number free before the war None
Number of Sabbath Schools One
Number of pupils in Sabbath Schools Eighty Same as other report.

This school has been opened twenty two days this month.


To these questions give exact, or approximate answers.

1. How many of above Schools are graded? Nine How many grades? ...
2. How many Day or Night Schools, within your knowledge, not reported above? ... Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? ...
3. How many Teachers in the above Day or Night Schools? ... White, ... Colored, ...
4. How many Sabbath-Schools, within your knowledge, and not reported above? ... Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? ...
5. How many Teachers in the above Sabbath-Schools? ... White, ... Colored, ...
6. How many Industrial Schools? ... Whole number of pupils in all? ... State the kind of work done, ...
7. Whole amount of tuition paid by the Freedmen during the month, $9 (Nine dollars) fifty cents per scholar
8. Whole amount of expenses for the above Schools by the Bureau for the month, None
9. Grand total of expense per month for support of above schools by all parties, Nine dollars (9)
10. Whole number of High or Normal Schools ... How many pupils in all? ... 
11. Remarks My day scholars are all small, this being placed in the field as soon as they are large enough to carry water. There seems to be a good feeling between the [[?]] and the colored people. Both parties have treated me with marked kindness and courtesy. The oldest freedmen [[?]] as remarkable desire to learn devoting every moment of their spare time to study.



This Report is incomplete unless each blank is filled by a number, or cypher. 

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