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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of  , 186 .

☞ 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? Tilghman Tappahannock
Location (town, county, or district)?  Essex Co
Is it a Day or Night School? day & night 
Of what grade? primary school,
When did your present session commence? 1st Sept   
When to close? December the last
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? no   
What 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?*   
Name of Board or Com.?   
Am't pd. this month? 
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen?  part 
Amount paid this month? fifty seven cents
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen?  yes 
Amount paid this month? fifty seven cents
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? no
Who owns the School-building? Dr. L.H. Robinson
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?  yes 
How much per month? 40 cents
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 2
White? col'd
Colored? 
Total enrolment for the month?†  thirty four
Male?  both
Female? both
Number enrolled last report?  fifty six 

{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? four
What is the average attendance? forty two

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

How many hours have you taught per day? six 1/2
How many days have you taught this month? twenty six
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.}
{no time have been lost, during this month. I have a day, Night, Sabbath School. the Sabbath School, is about sixty in no.}

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 
Number of White Pupils? none
Number always present? twenty eight
Number always punctual? eight
Number over 16 years of age? five
Number in Alphabet? one
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? twenty two
Number in advanced readers? twenty one
Number in Geography? fifteen
Number in Arithmetic? fifteen
Number in higher branches? none
Number in Writing? thirty five
Number in Needle-work? none
Number free before the war? two
Have you a Sabbath-School?   we have 60 in it
How many Teachers? two
How many Pupils? forty
Have you an Industrial School? no  
How many Teachers?  2 
How many Pupils? 40
State the kind of work done? none

☞ 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? none
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?   none
No. of Teachers, two
White, col'd
Colored, 
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? no  
How many? none
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools?   none
No. of Teachers, two
White, col'd
Colored, 
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, in this county there is little malice
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society?   none
Name of the Society? none
Remarks. there schools day, night, & Sabbath School.

(Signed) Richmond Robinson
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.

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