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Teacher's Monthly School Report
For the Month of February, 1868.
[[image]] To contain one entire calendar month, and to be forwarded as soon as possible after the close of the month.
[[image]] 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 and location of your School?....New Boston School, Pungoteague
Of what grade?.... Primary
When did your present session commence?....Jan 12th When to close?.... March [[strikethrough]]29[[/strikethrough]] 31st
Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.?....Not at present What Society?....
Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board?....Not supported by any public board
Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen?....Altogether by Freedmen
Have you had Bureau transportation?....I have not
Who owns the School building?....The Congregation of the of the Shiloh B.C.
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?....It is
How much? $5.00 per month
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your school?....0 White....1 Colored....
What number of pupils enrolled during the month?*....25 1....Male 0....Female
What number of pupils enrolled last report?.... [[strikethrough]] 28 [[/strikethrough]] 25 {Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the whole number now enrolled.}
What number left School this month?....0
What number of new scholars this month?....0
What is the average attendance? 25 voluntary contributing
What number of pupils pay tuition?....The pupils do not pay. $29.00
What number of white pupils?....0
What number always present?....16
What number always punctual?....25
What number over sixteen years of age?....0
What number in Alphabet?....0
What number spell and read easy lessons?....10
What number of advanced readers?....15
What number in Geography?....0
What number in Arithmetic?....0
What number in higher branches?....0
What number in writing?....15
What number in needlework?....0
What number free before the war?....16
Have you a Sabbath School?....We have organized a G. School
What number of Teachers in Sabbath School?.... 1 at the present
What number of pupils in Sabbath School?.... An average of Forty Scholars
Have you an Industrial School?....0 State kind of work done?....0
[[imGE]]To the following questions give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about."
1. How many Day or Night Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau?....0 Number of pupils (estimated) in such Schools?....0
2. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools?....White,....0 Colored,....0
3. Give name and Post Office address of the Teachers,....
4. How many Sabbath Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau?....0
5. How many Teachers (estimated) in such Schools?....0 White,....0 Colored,....0
6. Whole amount of tuition paid by colored pupils during the month?....0
7. Whole expense for your School by Public School Board for the month?....0
8. Whole expense for your School by the Freedmen's Bureau for the month?....- I am not able to say at (present)
9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools,....The people all appear to desire the
10. Remarks. the progress of Schools in this Section
* A pupil is not to be reported as enrolled until after five days' attendance.
(Signed) James T. Martin Jr
Teacher of Freedmen's School at New Boston Near the Town of Pungoteague VaTranscription Notes:
Pungoteague is a census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia,
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