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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of June , 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? Providence  Location (town, county, or district)? County
Is it a Day or Night School? Day  Of what grade? The first grade
When did your present session commence? June   When to close? September the first
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? in past
What Society? Am. Bah, H. Mission Society
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* No  
Name of Board or Com.?   
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?*  No 
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? Yes  
Amount paid this month? unknown
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No, but of the society under which I labor.
Who owns the School-building? It is a meeting house, and owned by freedmen. 
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No   
How much per month? 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One  
White? No
Colored? Yes
Total enrolment for the month?†  33 
Male?  14
Female? 19
Number enrolled last report? None  

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

Number left school this month? None
Number new Scholars this month? 49
What is the average attendance? 19

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

How many hours have you taught per day? 7
How many days have you taught this month? 13 commencing the 14th of the month) 
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.} Many of my scholars are detained by sickness and others have to work for their parents. So far, the teacher has lost no time. No convenience for writing, that is, have no desk or tables)

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? None
Number of White Pupils? None
Number always present? 16
Number always punctual? 16
Number over 16 years of age? 3
Number in Alphabet? 13
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 20
Number in advanced readers? None
Number in Geography? 33
Number in Arithmetic? 14
Number in higher branches? None 
Number in Writing? None
Number in Needle-work? None
Number free before the war? Six
Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes  
How many Teachers? Ten
How many Pupils? Over a hundred
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? 0
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?  0
No. of Teachers, 0
White, 0
Colored, 0
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent?   No
How many? 0
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?  0
No. of Teachers, 0 
White, 0
Colored, 0
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, unfavorable, among the whites 
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?  None
Name of the Society? 
Remarks. A few of my pupils are christians, and I do not know that any in the school are intemperate. 

(Signed) A. M. Newman
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.