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TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of March, 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 and location of your School? Fort Magruder Day School
Of what grade? Mixed
When did your present session commence? Nov. 4th  When to close: Not decided
Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.? Yes  What Society? Phila. Friends Freedmen Asso'n.
Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board? No
is your School supported wholly or in part of Freedmen? In part
Have you had Bureau transportation? Yes
Who owns the School building? Freedmen's Bureau
Is rent paid by Freedman's Bureau? No  How much? 0
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 1  White 1  Colored 0
What number of pupils enrolled during the month? 62  Male 28  Female 34
What number of pupils enrolled last report? 54 {Number enrolled last report, by adding now scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the whole number now enrolled.}
What number left School this month? 4
What number of new scholars this month? 12
What is the average attendance? 41
What number of pupils pay tuition? all
What number of white pupils? 0
What number always present? 16
What number always punctual? 12
What number over sixteen years of age? 3
What number in Alphabet? 3
What number spell and read easy lessons? 27
What number of advanced readers? 32
What number is Geography? 9
What number in Arithmetic? 28
What number in higher branches? 0
What number in writing? 45
What number in needlework? 0
What number free before the war? 5
Have you a Sabbath School? Yes
What number of Teachers in Sabbath School? 2
What number of pupils in Sabbath School? 39
Have you an Industrial School? 0   State kind of work done? Nothing

☞To the following give exact or approximate answers, prefixing to the latter the word "about."
1. How many Day and 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> 0  White, 0  Colored, 0
3. Give name and Post Office address of the Teachers, 0
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? Cash $3.94 Produce 5.20 - works 40
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? 0
9. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, Indifferent
10. Remarks. 0
*A pupil is not to be reported as enrolled until after five days' attendance.
(Signed)
Martha A. Haines
Teacher at Freedmen's School at Fort Magruder Va