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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of February 1st, 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
Location (town, county, or district)?  
Is it a Day or Night School? day School
Of what grade? Primary
When did your present session commence? Janary 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? n
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* no
Name of Board or Com.? None
Am't pd. this month? n
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? $2.50 cts yet
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? no
Who owns the School-building? R Stowers
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? yes  y
How much per month? $7.00
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? one
White? N
Colored? one
Total enrolment for the month?† fifty four 54
Male? 32
Female? 22
Number enrolled last report? fifty four 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? None N
Number new Scholars this month? None N
What is the average attendance? bout 40 40

{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? 17
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.

[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]}

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 53 53
Number of White Pupils? None N
Number always present? bout 35 35
Number always punctual? bout 35 35
Number over 16 years of age? two 2 2
Number in Alphabet? two 2 2
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? bout 35
Number in advanced readers? sixteen 16 16
Number in Geography? ten 10 10
Number in Arithmetic? Nineteen 19
Number in higher branches? None n
Number in Writing? Nineteen 9
Number in Needle-work? None N
Number free before the war? None N
Have you a Sabbath-School? YES y
How many Teachers? 3
How many Pupils? 150
Have you an Industrial School? NO N
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? N
How many? N
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? None 
No. of Teachers, N
White, N
Colored, None
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? None   
How many? None
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? N
No. of Teachers, N
White, N
Colored, N
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, They dont pay for the Trouble Teachers haves
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? N   
Name of the Society? None
Remarks. They dont near pay Teachers for the Trouble they have

(Signed) Richard Stowers
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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