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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
Ashland Va For the Month of July, 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? Shiloh    
Location (town, county, or district)?  
Is it a Day or Night School? Day  
Of what grade?  
When did your present session commence? the 1st April  
When to close? 24th of Dec next  
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? In part   
What Society? Friends Society 
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?*   
Name of Board or Com.? No   
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? No  
Amount paid for this month?  
Is your School supported in part by the Freedmen? Yes   
Amount paid for this month?  
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? Yes  
Who owns the School-building? Freedmen  
Is rent paid by the Freedmen's Bureau? Yes   
How much? $5.00
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? one  
White? Col'd 
Colored?  
Total enrolment for the month?† 36  
Male? Male
Female?  
Number enrolled last report? 34   
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, will equal the present total enrolment.}

Number left school this month? 2  
Number new Scholars this month? 4  
What is the average attendance? 30 
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 30  
Number of White Pupils? 0 
Number always present? 28 
Number always punctual? 28 
Number over 16 years of age? 4  
Number in Alphabet? 0  
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 10 
Number in advanced readers? 12  
Number in Geography? 8 
Number in Arithmetic? 0  
Number in higher branches? Grammar 10  
Number in Writing? 20 
Number in Needle-work? 0 
Number free before the war? 3  
Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes 
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?   
How many? 
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?   
No. of Teachers,  
White,  
Colored,  
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent?   
How many?  
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?   
No. of Teachers,  
White,  
Colored,  
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools,  
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?   
Name of the Society?  
Remarks.  

(Signed) Richard Foster  
Teacher.

* 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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