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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? Waterford School at Waterford    
Location (town, county, or district)? Loudoun Co Virginia
Is it a Day or Night School? Day 
Of what grade?
When did your present session commence? Oct 1st
When to close? June 30th
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? In past  
What Society? Friends Association of Philadelphia
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* In past   
Name of Board or Com.?  Educational (Colored)
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* It is   
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?  It is 
Amount paid this month? $15
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No
Who owns the School-building? Freedmen of Waterford and Vicinity
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No   
How much per month? 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?  One 
White? One
Colored? 00
Total enrolment for the month?† 30  
Male?  10
Female? 20
Number enrolled last report?  38 
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.}
Number left school this month? 10
Number new Scholars this month? 2
What is the average attendance? 25
{Schools are to be kept five days per week and six hours each day.}
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 00
Number of White Pupils? 00
How many hours have you taught per day? 
7
Number always present? 20
How many days have you taught this month? 22
Number always punctual? 20
Number over 16 years of age? 2
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.}
Number in Alphabet? 00
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 20
Number in advanced readers? 10
Number in Geography? 9
Number in Arithmetic? 22
Number in higher branches? Grammar 2
Number in Writing? 25
Number in Needle-work? 20
Number free before the war? 6
Have you a Sabbath-School?   We have
How many Teachers?  5 
How many Pupils? 40 
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? No
How many? 00
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? None
No. of Teachers, None
White, 00
Colored, 00
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? 00
No. of Teachers, 00
White, 00
Colored, 00
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, 
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? About half
Name of the Society? Waterford Division
Remarks. 

(Signed) Sarah A Steer
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.

Transcription Notes:
I've transcribed "Freedmen or Waterford and Vicinity" as an answer to "Who owns the school-building?" although from it's placement on the page I'm unsure if that was the writer's original intent. -JH 5/24/24