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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT For the Month of March, 1868. ☞ 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 and location of your School? New Gascony Ark Of what grade? Primary When did your present session commence? When to close? Jan. 2nd = 68 June = 68 Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.? It is What Society? A.M. Association Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board? Wholly by A.M.A. Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen? 0 Have you had Bureau transportation? I have Who owns the School building? Owned by those who run the plantation Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? 0 How much? 0 What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 1 Teacher White 1 Colored 0 What number of pupils enrolled during the month?* 59 Male 25 Female 34 {Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the whole number now enrolled} What number of pupils enrolled last report? 46 What number left School this month? 0 What number of new scholars this month? 13 What is the average attendance? 45 What number of pupils pay tuition? 0 What number of white pupils? 0 What number always present? 38 What number always punctual? 30 What number over sixteen years of age? 9 What number in Alphabet? 17 What number spell and read easy lessons? 40 What number of advanced readers? 2 in Second reader & Testament. What number in Geography? 1 What number in Arithmetic? 4 What number in higher branches? 0 What number in writing? 15 on slates What number in needlework? 0 What number free before the war? 0 Have you a Sabbath School? I have What number of Teachers in Sabbath School? 2 What number of pupils in Sabbath School? 105 last sabbath. This month has averaged 60. Have you an Industrial School? 0 State kind of work done? 0 ☞ To the following questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about." 1. How many Day or Night Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? 0 Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools? 0 2. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? 0 White, 0 Colored, 0 3. Give name and Post Office address of the Teachers, 4. How many Sabbath Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? 0 5. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools? 0 White, 0 Colored, 0 6. Whole amount of tuition paid by colored pupils during the month? 0 7. Whole expense for your School by Public School Board for the month? $15 8. Whole expense for your School by the Freedmen's Bureau for the month? 0 9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, The feeling is bitter 10. Remarks. The schollars are making good progress. * A pupil is not to be reported as enrolled until after five days' attendance. (Signed) Mary B. Hitchcock Teacher of Freedmen's School at New Gascony Ark.