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[Ed. Form, No. 3.] TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT For the Month of January, 1870 ☞ 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? Mt Zion School West of city Location (town, county, or district)? Montgomery Is it a Day or Night School? Day School Of what grade? Primary When did your present session commence? Jan 1870 When to close? Not known Is your School supported by an Educational Society? No What Society? None Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* No Name of Board or Com.? None Am't pd. this month? No Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* No Name of Board or Com.? None Am't pd. this month? No Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? No Amount paid this month? None Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? Yes Amount paid this month? $3.00 Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No Who owns the School-building? Richard Stewers Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? Yes How much per month? $10 00/ ten dol What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One White? N Colored? Colored Total enrolment for the month?† 54 Male? Female? Number enrolled last report? 54 {Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.} Number left school this month? 7 Number new Scholars this month? 7 What is the average attendance? about 35 {Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.} Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? about 53 Number of White Pupils? None How many hours have you taught per day? 6 Number always present? about 32 How many days have you taught this month? 21 {Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching. Some days 5 hours per day or not so much on the Account of funerals - some times [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]} Number always punctual? about 30 Number over 16 years of age? 3 Number in Alphabet? 1 Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 35 Number in advanced readers? 15 Number in Geography? 10 Number in Arithmetic? 19 Number in higher branches? None Number in Writing? 19 Number in Needle-work? None Number free before the war? None Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes How many Teachers? 3 How many Pupils? 160 Have you an Industrial School? None How many Teachers? N How many Pupils? N State the kind of work done? None ☞ 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? None 2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? None No. of Teachers, None White, N Colored, N 3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? No How many? None 4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? None No. of Teachers, None White, None Colored, None 5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, They are very good purposes 6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? None Name of the Society? None Remarks. I don't think some of their parents takes mutch interest in their children (Signed) Ricard Stewers 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.