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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of April, 1869.

☞ 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? Stevenson colored School
Location (town, county, or district)? District 2 Range 8 Jackson County
Is it a Day or Night-School? Day
Of what grade? District School
When did your present session commence? Jany 4
When to close? June 30th
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? Yes
What Society? Presbyterian Committee of Home Missions
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* No
Name of Board or Com.? 0
Am't pd. this month?
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* Promised
Name of Board or Com.? Trustees of 2 Range 8
Am't pd. this month? Nothing
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? 0
Amount paid this month? 0
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? 0
Amount paid this month? 0
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? Yes
Who owns the School-building? Methodist Church
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No
How much per month? 0
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? Four
White? Two
Colored? Two
Total enrolment for the month?† 90
Male? 42
Female? 48
Number enrolled last report? 95
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.}
Number left school this month? 12
Number new Scholars this month? 7
What is the average attendance? 48

{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}
How many hours have you taught per day? 6
How many days have you taught this month? 22
Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any), in teaching.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES
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Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 0
Number of White Pupils? 0
Number always present? 15
Number always punctual? 8
Number over 16 years of age? 9
Number in Alphabet? 12
Number who spell, and ready easy lessons? 50
Number in advanced readers? 28
Number in Geography? 16
Number in Arithmetic? 28
Number in higher branches? 0
Number in Writing? 16
Number in Needle-work? 0
Number free before the war? 0
Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes
How many Teachers? 7
How many Pupils? 80
Have you an Industrial School? 0
How many Teachers? 0
How many Pupils? 0
State the kind of work done? 0

☞ 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? 
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?  
No. of Teachers, 
White, 
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, 
White, 
Colored, 
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Improving
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? About 25
Name of the Society? Band of Hope
Remarks. We received from Geneva NY a box of second hand school books which has enabled us to increase our Geography & Arithmetic classes. We employed a colored teacher one of our Normal scholars, to lead in the singing but, we shall not continue to employ her.

(Signed) H.R. Starkweather
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.

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