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[Title]
Teacher's Monthly School Report.

[Subtitle]
To Bureau R.F. & A.L., for the month of May, 1867, Selma District, State of Alabama

[Fine Print]
["image"] A school under the distinct control of one teacher or a teacher with one assistant, is to be reported as one school.

["image"] To be forwarded as soon as possible after the 1st of each month.


[Table]
[First row; 33 columns]
(1st column)
This has reference to the present ["season"?]

(2nd column)
No. of Day-Schools

(3rd column) 
No. of Night-Schools

(4th column)
LOCATION, AND NAME OF SCHOOL
[stamp] The national archives of the United States

(5th column)
When opened*

(6th column) 
SOCIETIES,["&"?]C., PATRONS.

(7th column) 
No. Schools sustained by freedmen 

(8th column) 
No. Schools sustained in part by freedmen 

(9th column)
No. Teachers transported by Bureau

(10th column)
No. School building owned by freedmen

(11th column) 
No. School buildings furnished by Bureau

(12th column) 
TEACHERS.
(3 sub-columns)
Whole No.
White.
Colored.

(13th column)
NO. PUPILS ENROLLED [BOTH DAY AND NIGHT SCHOOLS.]
(2 sub-columns)
Male.
Female,

(14th column)
No. pupils enrolled last report

(15th column) 
No. left school this month 

(16th column)
No. new scholars this month

(17th column)
Average attendance

(18th column)
No. of pupils paying tuition 

(19th column)
No. of White Pupils

(20th column) 
No. always present 

(21st column) 
No. always punctual

(22nd column) 
No. over 16 years of age 

(23rd column)
No. in Alphabet 

(24th column)
No. spell and read easy lessons

(25th column) 
No. advanced readers

(26th column)
No. geography

(27th column)
No. arithmetic 

(28th column) 
No. higher branches

(29th column) 
No. writing 

(30th column) 
No. needle-work 

(31st column)
No. free before the war 

(32nd column)
No. Sabbath-Schools

(33rd column)
No. pupils in Sabbath Schools




[Second Row; 33 columns]
(1st column)
This Report is incomplete unless each blank is filed by a number, or cypher. 

(2nd column)
1

(3rd column)
1

(4th column)
Baptist Church
Colored School
Selma Ala

(5th column)
[empty]

(6th column)
Bu of R.F&A.L.

(7th column)
1

(8th column)
1

(9th column)
[empty]

(10th column)
1

(11th column)
[empty]

(12th column, 3 sub-columns) 
1
1
[empty]


(13th column, 2 sub-columns)
1
[empty]

(14th column)
100

(15th column) 
10 

(16th column)
16 

(17th column)
99

(18th column) 
76

(19th column)
[empty]

(20th column)
65

(21st column) 
80 

(22nd column) 
18

(23rd column) 
[empty]

(24th column) 
15

(25th column)
91

(26th column) 
65

(27th column)
91

(28th column) 
15

(29th column)
65

(30th column)
[empty]

(31st column)
10 

(32nd column)
1

(33rd column) 
950

[Third row; 33 columns]
(1st column) 
TOTALS

(2nd column) 
 1/[empty]

(3rd - 33rd column)
[empty]

[Table ends]


To these questions give exact, or approximate answers.
1. How many of above Schools are graded?......How many grades?....

2. How many day or Night Schools, within your knowledge, not reported above?.....Whole No. of pupils (estimated) in such Schools?.......No. Teacher in all,........White,........ Colored,.....

3.How many Sabbath-Schools, within your knowledge not reported above?....Whole No. of pupils (estimated) in all such Schools?..... No. Teachers in all,................. White......Colored.....

4. How many Industrial Schools?....... Whole No. pupils in all?............. State the kind of work done,.......

5. Whole amount of tuition paid by Freedman during the month,........

6. Whole amount of cost of transportation furnished by the Bureaus for the month,.....

7. Grand total of expenses per month for support of above schools by all parties,...........

8. Whole No. of High or Normal schools,...How many pupils in all?....

9. Remarks. .......



[Signed]
Joseph H. Sears