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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]

TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of March, 1868.9  Freedman

☞ 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?  Sherwood Institute Columbiana
Location (town, county, or district)?  Shelby County
Is it a Day or Night School?  day
Of what grade?  first grade
When did your present session commence?  Oct 3rd
When to close?  June 28th
Is your School supported by an Education Society? part
What Society?  U.S Govern
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* no
Name of Board or Com.? 
Am't pd. this month? 00
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* yes
Name of Board or Com.? Columbia
Am't pd. this month? 00
Is your School supported wholly by the Freedmen? no 
Amount paid for this month? 00
Is your School supported in part by the Freedmen? no
Amount paid for this month? 00
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? no
Who owns the School-building?   Freedmen
Is rent paid by the Freedmen's Bureau? no
How much?  000
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 1
White? 1
Colored? 00
Total enrolment for the month?† 92
Male? 46
Female? 50
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the present total enrolment.}
Number enrolled last report? 90
Number left school this month? 1
Number new Scholars this month? 7
What is the average attendance? 85
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 000
Number of White Pupils? 000 9 [[ditto?]] 
Number always present? 80
Number always punctual? 80
Number over 16 years of age? 12
Number in Alphabet? 000
[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 35 
Number in advanced readers? 39
Number in Geography? 14
Number in Arithmetic? 19
Number in higher branches? 6
Number in Writing? 70
Number in Needle-work? 000
Number free before the war? 4
Have you a Sabbath-School? yes yes
How many Teachers? 1 white
How many Pupils? 125
Have you an Industrial School? no
Number of Pupils? 00
State the kind of work done? no

☞ 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? 00
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? 00
No. of Teachers, 00
White, 00
Colored, 00
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? yes
How many? 1
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? 00
No. of Teachers, 2
White,
Colored, 3
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, very malignant
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?  9
Name of the Society?  [[murun?]].
Remarks.  School improven very rapider

(Signed) Miss E. S. Thompson  White
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.

Transcription Notes:
Name of the Temperance Society? [[?]] Last word of the Remarks section? [[?]] ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-12-22 09:05:07 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-12-22 12:27:45 Also unsure of the name of Temperance Society and last word in remarks section. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-12-22 13:44:00 Last word in Remarks is rapider, gave guess for name of Society