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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? Free Colored School of Township 18 Location (town, county, or district)? Range C Perry Co Alabama Is it a Day or Night School? Day School Of what grade? When did your present session commence? Jan 1st 1870 When to close? Time not specified Is your School supported by an Educational Society? No What Society? 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.? Township Trustees Am't pd. this month? 00 Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? No Amount paid this month? $0000--------- Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? No Amount paid this month? $0000--------- Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No And came here at my own expense. Who owns the School-building? The Freedmen of this township Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No How much per month? What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One White? 1 Colored? Total enrolment for the month?† 35 Male? 21 Female? 14 Number enrolled last report? [[Thro?]] first report [/strikethrough 35] {Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.} Number left school this month? 00 Number new Scholars this month? 35 What is the average attendance? 17.28 {Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.} Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 00 Number of White Pupils? 1 How many hours have you taught per day? 6 Number always present? 33 How many days have you taught this month? 14 Number always punctual? 33 {Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching. The first week I was detained and had some trouble to obtain [[?]] & [[?]] having to send away for [[?]], then has been one delay [[?]] [[alonny]] [[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]} Number over 16 years of age? 2 Number in Alphabet? 12 Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 11 Number in advanced readers? 12 Number in Geography? 11 Number in Arithmetic? 10 Number in higher branches? 00 Number in Writing? 00 Number in Needle-work? 00 Number free before the war? 00 Have you a Sabbath-School? No How many Teachers? How many Pupils? Have you an Industrial School? No How many Teachers? How many Pupils? 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? Yes How many? 4 2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? About 225 No. of Teachers, 4 White, 4 Colored, 3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? No 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, Favourable although bigotry & prejudice require time before they will [[?]] the effect of [[preset?]] [[?]] 6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? No Name of the Society? Remarks. I have no pupils writing because I have no writing desks,had requested 20 pupils the 1st week, 24 [[hours]] 2 4/11 & 35 [[?]] 8 00/11 first weeks attendance was 82 1/2 [[?]], 2- [[?]] (Signed) Geo. N. Card 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.