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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of March , 1869 

☞ 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?  Gum Spring   Location (town, county, or district)? [[left blank]] 
Is it a Day or Night School?  Day  Of what grade? [[left blank]]
When did your present session commence?  October When to close? [[left blank]]
Is your School supported by an Educational Society?  Yes 
What Society? Friends Freedmans Air Society
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* [[left blank]]  Name of Board or Com.? [[left blank]]  Am't pd. this month? [[left blank]]
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* [[left blank]]   Name of Board or Com.?  [[left blank]] 
Am't pd. this month? [[left blank]]
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen?  [[left blank]] Amount paid this month? [[left blank]]
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen?  [[left blank]] Amount paid this month? [[left blank]]
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? [[left blank]]
Who owns the School-building? Freedmen
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? [[left blank]]  How much per month? [[left blank]]
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? [[left blank]]  White? [[left blank]] Colored? [[left blank]]
Total enrolment for the month?† 40  Male? 16 Female? 24
Number enrolled last report?  54 
                           {Number enrolled last report, 
                            by adding new scholars and 
                            subtracting those left 
                            school, must equal the 
                            present total enrolment.}

Number left school this month? 19
Number new Scholars this month? 5
What is the average attendance? 18
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? [[left blank]]
Number of White Pupils? 3
Number always present? 5
Number always punctual? 5
Number over 16 years of age? 8
Number in Alphabet? 4
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 9
Number in advanced readers? 9
Number in Geography? 17
Number in Arithmetic? 20
Number in higher branches? [[left blank]]
Number in Writing? 31
Number in Needle-work? [[left blank]]
Number free before the war? 8
Have you a Sabbath-School?  Yes  How many Teachers? one  
How many Pupils? 49
Have you an Industrial School? [[left blank]]  How many Teachers? [[left blank]] How many Pupils? [[left blank]]
State the kind of work done? [[left blank]]

      ☞ 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? [[left blank]]
How many? [[left blank]]
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?  [[left blank]]  No. of Teachers, [[left blank]]
White, [[left blank]]  Colored, [[left blank]]
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent?  [[left blank]] How many? [[left blank]]
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?  [[left blank]] No. of Teachers, [[left blank]]
White, [[left blank]]  Colored, [[left blank]]
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools,  Favorable 
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? [[left blank]]  Name of the Society? [[left blank]] 
Remarks. [[left blank]]

                  (Signed) Helen A. Hanley
                                          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.