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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 place here.) Name and location of your School? Williamsburg. James Charles City Co. Virginia Of what grade? Mixed When did your present session commence? March 2nd When to close? Not decided Is your School supported by any Ed. Soc.? [[crossed out]] No [[/crossed out]] Yes What Society? Phila. friends Is your School supported wholly or in part by a local Pub. School Board? No Is your School supported wholly or in part by Freedmen? Yes Have you had Bureau transportation? Yes Who owns the School building? Freedmen Is rent paid by the Freedmen'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? [[strikethrough]]illegible[[/strikethrough]] 30 Male 16 Female 14 What number of pupils enrolled last report? 0 {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? [[crossed out]]18[[/crossed out]] 30 What is the average attendance? 17 What number of pupils pay tuition? [[crossed out]]18[[/crossed out]] 30 What number of white pupils? 0 What number always present? [[crossed out]]0[[/crossed out]] 10 What number always punctual? [[crossed out]]0[[/crossed out]] 5 What number over sixteen years of age? 16 What number in Alphabet? 0 What number spell and read easy lessons? 6 What number of advanced readers? [[crossed out]]12[[/crossed out]]24 What number in Geography? 0 What number in Arithmetic? 10 What number in higher branches? 0 What number in writing? [[crossed out]]10[[/crossed out]] 20 What number in needlework? 0 What number free before the war? 8 Have you a Sabbath School? Yes What number of Teachers in Sabbath School? 6 What number of pupils in Sabbath School? 75 have you an Industrial School? No State kind of work done? ☞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, 0 4. How many Sabbath Schools within your knowledge, not reported to the Bureau? 0 5. How many Teachers (estimated) is such Schools?...White, 0 Colored, 0 6. Whole amount of tuition paid by colored pupils during the month? $4.98 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) Louise D. Simons Teacher of Freedmen's School at Williamsburg Va.