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

[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of April, 1868.

☞ 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?   Girard Frdm's School 
Location (town, county, or district)?  Girard
Is it a Day or Night School?  Day
Of what grade?  Not graded
When did your present session commence?   Jany 10
When to close?  
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?  
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?*  no
Name of Board or Com.?   
Am't pd. this month?  
Is your School supported wholly by the Freedmen?  yes 
Amount paid for this month?  0
Is your School supported in part by the Freedmen?   
Amount paid for this month?  
Have you had Bureau transportation this term?  no
Who owns the School-building?  R.A. Forsyth
Is rent paid by the Freedmen's Bureau?   yes
How much?  $12.50 per mo.
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?  one
White?  one
Colored?  -
Total enrolment for the month?†   60
Male?  
Female?  48
Number enrolled last report? 108 

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

Number left school this month?  42
Number new Scholars this month?  6
What is the average attendance?  40
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid?  20
Number of White Pupils?  0
Number always present?  30
Number always punctual?  30
Number over 16 years of age?  6
Number in Alphabet?  0
Number who spell, and read easy lessons?  20
Number in advanced readers?  30
Number in Geography?  12
Number in Arithmetic?  12
Number in higher branches? 0 
Number in Writing?  30
Number in Needle-work?  0
Number free before the war?  0
Have you a Sabbath-School?  no
How many Teachers?   
How many Pupils?  
Have you an Industrial School?  no
Number of Pupils?  
State the kind of work done?  

☞ 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? about 5.
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?   abt. 200
No. of Teachers,  5
White,  two [[strikethrough]] abt [[?]] [[/strikethrough]]
Colored, 3 
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? yes  
How many?  3
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?   150
No. of Teachers, 3
White,  0
Colored,  3
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools,  very bad especially among the poor whites
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?  0 
Name of the Society?  
Remarks.  

(Signed)  W. H. Gauslin
Teacher.
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* 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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