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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of  April, 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?  Excelsior 
School Location (town, county, or district)?  Portmouth
Both Is it a Day or Night School? Both
Of what grade? all grades
When did your present session commence?   Nov 20
When to close? [[?]] Last day of June
Is your School supported by an Educational Society?   2
What Society? Am. Blp. No. Misloe & Freed Union Com.
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?*   
Name of Board or Com.?   
Am't pd. this month? 
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?   
Amount paid this month? 
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen?   It is
Amount paid this month? $18.33
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? Yes
Who owns the School-building? 
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?   It is
How much per month? 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?  5 
White? 3
Colored? 2
Total enrolment for the month?†  181
Male?  79
Female? 102
Number enrolled last report? 226

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

Number left school this month? 53
Number new Scholars this month? 8
What is the average attendance? 153

{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}




Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 130
Number of White Pupils? 0
How many hours have you taught per day? 7
Number always present? 60
How many days have you taught this month? 17    
Number always punctual? 49                     
Number over 16 years of age? 32    
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.}
{Three days vacation in April}       
Number in Alphabet? 10
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 72
Number in advanced readers? 99
Number in Geography? 89
Number in Arithmetic? 122
Number in higher branches? 20
Number in Writing? 62
Number in Needle-work? [[left blank]]  
Number free before the war? [[left blank]]
Have you a Sabbath-School?   2
How many Teachers?   13
How many Pupils? 225
Have you an Industrial School? 0
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?   
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, [[left blank]] 
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? 25 
Name of the Society? Excelsior [[?]] Vanguard of Freedom
Remarks. 

(Signed) 
Julia M. Bartlett.

* Or School Committee, either District, Town, City, County, or State?
† A pupil is not to be REPORTED as enrolled until after five days' attendance.

Teacher
E. Elisa Lewis
Adelaide H. Draper

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