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[Ed. Form, No. 4.]
TEACHER’S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT,
For the Month of July 186 .

☞ 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  
Number of Night-Schools 00  
Location, and Name of School Van Buren Colored  
When opened May 15th   
Societies, &c., Patrons A.M.A., Freedmen    
Number of Schools sustained by freedmen none  
Number of Schools sustained in part by freedmen one  
Number of teachers transported by Bureau none   
Number of School buildings owned by freedmen 00   
Number of School buildings furnished by Bureau 00    
Whole number of teachers one      
White one    
Colored 00     
Whole number of pupils enrolled 58     
Male 00     
Female one     
Number of pupils enrolled last report 55     
Number left school this month 00     
Number of new scholars this month 3
Average attendance 50     
Number of pupils paying tuition 30     
Number of White pupils 5     
Number always present 50     
Number always punctual 50     
Number over 16 years of age 4     
Number in Alphabet 10     
Number who spell and read easy lessons 30     
Number of advanced readers 8      
Number in geography 5     
Number in arithmetic 8     
Number in higher branches 00   
Number in writing 8     
Number on needlework 00 
Number free before the war 00
Number of Sabbath Schools one [[strikethrough]] 65 [[/strikethrough]]
Number of pupils in Sabbath Schools 65

To these questions give exact, or approximate answers.

1. How many above Schools are graded? 00
How many grades? 00
2. How many Day or Night Schools, within your knowledge, not reported above? 00    
Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 00   
3. How many Teachers in the above Day or Night Schools? 00     
White, 00    
Colored, 00   
4. How many Sabbath-Schools, within your knowledge, and not reported above? 00   
Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 00   
5. How many Teachers in the above Sabbath-Schools? 00   
White, 00   
Colored, 00   
6. How many Industrial Schools? 00    
Whole number of pupils in all? 00    
State the kind of work done, 00   
7. Whole amount of tuition paid by the Freedmen during the month, 00  
8. Whole amount of expenses for the above Schools by the Bureau for the month, 00 
9. Grand total of expense per month for support of above schools by all parties, $55     
10. Whole number of High or Normal Schools, 00
How many pupils in all? 00    
11. Remarks Great encouragement to work on not withstanding we are walking by faith rather than by sight yet. However God will in his own good time and way crown our efforts with [[success]] and will answer our prayers wherein he has taught us to say give us this day our daily bread.

Maggie Ferras

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

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