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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of March, 1867.

☞ 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? Sherm Inst
Location (town, county, or district)?
Is it a Day or Night School? Day
Of what grade? 1st Columbia Shelby County
When did your present session commence? Nov 3
When to close? July 4th
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? no
What Society? -
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* yes
Name of Board or Columbia
Am't pd. this month? 000
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* no
Name of Board or Com.? Columbia
Am't pd. this month? 000
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? no
Amount paid this month? 000
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? no
Amount paid this month? 000
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? no
Who owns the School-building? Government
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? no
How much per month? 000
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 1
White? 1
Colored? 0
Total enrolment for the month?† 91
Male? 48
Female? 44
Number enrolled last report? 88

{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.}

Number left school this month? 1
Number new Scholars this month? 12
What is the average attendance? 81
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 1

{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.} yes
How many hours have you taught per day? 7
How many days have you taught this month? 20
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching. none

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

Number of White Pupils? 000
Number always present? 79
Number always punctual? 82
Number over 16 years of age? 24
Number in Alphabet? 2
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 30
Number in advanced readers? 28
Number in Geography? 19
Number in Arithmetic? 24
Number in higher branches? 5
Number in Writing? 39
Number in Needle-work? 000
Number free before the war? 1
Have you a Sabbath-School? yes
How many Teachers? 1 white
How many Pupils? 129
Have you an Industrial School? no
How many Teachers?
How many Pupils?
State the kind of work done? 000

☞ 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? Do not
No. of Teachers, None
White, 000
Colored, 00
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? 000
No. of Teachers, 00
White, 000
Colored, 00
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools,
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? 19
Name of the Society? Columbia
Remarks. School Increasing ., & Improving

(Signed) E S Thompson
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:
several unknowns remain ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-15 10:48:40 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-15 13:24:27 Should this be in table form? Changed ditto mark to Columbia Some scrawls supposed to be like "N/A"? Unsure if hand pointing right should be an image w/ description or unicode. 6 unknown words left. Hope you can read them. ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-15 21:55:10 The grade is 1st, and I think the words after that answer the above question about Location. I think Columbia is misspelling of Columbiana, the county seat of Shelby County