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American Missionary Association, 
SCHOOLS FOR FREEDMEN. 
TEACHER'S MONTHLY REPORT. 

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

Name of Teacher. J.B, Healy
in the school called Girard Freedmens school
at Girard Coutny (or Parish) of Russel
State of Alabama for Month of July

No. of days the school was kept during the calender month, 90 
No. of hours each day, 7
If absent any number of days, how many? 3
Cause? went to montgomery on Bureau business
If absent any number of hours, how many? 0 
Cause? 0
No. of different pupils, 129
New 17
No. transferred from other schools, 0
Average attendance, 84 17/20
Nno. of males, 59
No. females, [[71?]]
No. adults (over [[strikethrough]] 18 [[/strikethrough]] 17), 16
No. white, 0
No. in Primary studies, 20
Intermediate, 34
Advanced, 15
No. who write, on slates only, 20 
do, with pen, 5
Is singing taught in school? no
Calisthenics or Gymnastics? no
No. sessions in Night school, 2
Name of the school, Girard night
Average attendance, 20
No. sessions in Sabbath schools, 2
Name of the school, Girard S. S. Col
Average attendance, 100
Amount, if any, received for tuition, none
No. of visits made in colored families, 20
No. of Bibles distributed, none
No. of Testaments, one
No. of Books, 10
Tracts and Papers, 150
No. of families in which you have engaged in religious services, either by reading the Scriptures, singing, or prayer, 8
NO. of hopeful conversions, if any, during the month, 9

Items for Freedmen's Bureau, not given above :
No. in Alphabet, 8
Who spell and read in easy lessons, 106
In advanced readers, 15
In Geography, 8
in Arithmetic, 12
in higher branches, 0
No. free before the War, none