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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of November, 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?   Coan School 
Location (town, county, or district)?  Norfolk Va
Is it a Day or Night School?  Day School
Of what grade? Academic
When did your present session commence?  Nov 1st  
When to close?  July 1st 1870
Is your School supported by an Educational Society?  Yes   
What Society?   American Missionary Association
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?   
Amount paid this month? 
Have you had Bureau transportation this term?  No
Who owns the School-building?  Joseph Wilson
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau?   No
How much per month? 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School?  Three   
White?  2, Assists
Colored? 
Total enrolment for the month?†   Fifty three
Male?  Twenty one
Female?  Thirty two
Number enrolled last report?   

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

Number left school this month? 
Number new Scholars this month? 
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?  Five & a half
How many days have you taught this month?   20
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.}

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 
Number of White Pupils? 
Number always present?  Forty Three
Number always punctual?  Thirty Eight
Number over 16 years of age?  Ten
Number in Alphabet? 
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 
Number in advanced readers?  Thirty
Number in Geography?  Twenty Four
Number in Arithmetic?  Thirty Five
Number in higher branches?  Ten
Number in Writing?  Fifty
Number in Needle-work? 
Number free before the war? 
Have you a Sabbath-School?  I have
How many Teachers?  8 
How many Pupils?  100 at present
Have you an Industrial School?   
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. L'Hommedien
Teacher.
Principal of Coan School
Sup't for A.M.A.

* 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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