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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of November, 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? Tilghman 
Location (town, county, or district)? Tappahannock
Is it a Day or Night School?  Day
Of what grade? Primary 
When did your present session commence? Oct  
When to close? At option of Ed. Board of the A.F.U. Comm.
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? Yes   
What Society? American Freedmen Union Commission
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?*  Yes  
Name of Board or Com.? 711 Sansom et Phil 
Am't pd. this month? Nothing
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* -   
Name of Board or Com.?  -
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? No  
Amount paid this month? -
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? No  
Amount paid this month? -
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No
Who owns the School-building? William Stone
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No  
How much per month? Nine dollars per month
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One  
White? -
Colored? one
Total enrolment for the month?†  39-
Male?  26
Female? 13
Number enrolled last report? 22-

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

Number left school this month? 1-
Number new Scholars this month? 15-
What is the average attendance? 25-
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? - None
Number of White Pupils? None
Number always present? 23-
Number always punctual? 20-
Number over 16 years of age? -None
Number in Alphabet? -None
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 10-
Number in advanced readers? 26-
Number in Geography? 26-
Number in Arithmetic? 26-
Number in higher branches? - None
Number in Writing? 26-
Number in Needle-work? 13-
Number free before the war? 7-
Have you a Sabbath-School?  No 
How many Teachers?  -
How many Pupils? -
Have you an Industrial School?  0 
How many Teachers?   
How many Pupils? 
State the kind of work done? 0

☞ 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? No
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? No
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, Quite favorable 
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? None
Name of the Society? 
Remarks. The Freedmen are about to take up to purchase a lot of ground on which to erect a school building. There are one hundred children in the immediate neighborhood who would attend were a school building provided

(Signed) Geo. E. Stephens
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.