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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? Suffolk    
Location (town, county, or district)?  
Is it a Day or Night School? Day  
Of what grade? 
When did your present session commence? Nov 1st   
When to close? 
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? yes   
What Society? New York Friends Assoc.
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? No   
Amount paid this month? $8.50
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? Yes   
Amount paid this month? 
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? Yes 
Who owns the School-building? J. Hall
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? It is   
How much per month? 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 2   
White? 
Colored? 
Total enrolment for the month?† 100   
Male? 41 
Female? 59
Number enrolled last report? 84   

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

Number left school this month? 4 
Number new Scholars this month? 20 
What is the average attendance? 66
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 
Number of White Pupils? Not any
Number always present? 25
Number always punctual? 35
Number over 16 years of age? 10 
Number in Alphabet? 22
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 44 
Number in advanced readers? 34
Number in Geography? 30
Number in Arithmetic? 30
Number in higher branches? 4 
Number in Writing? Nearly all on Slates
Number in Needle-work? Not any
Number free before the war? About 1/2
Have you a Sabbath-School? We have   
How many Teachers?   
How many Pupils? 
Have you an Industrial School? No   
How many Teachers?   
How many 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) M.B. Bowman & L.A. Bowman 
Teachers.

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