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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of December, 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? Deep Creek Norfolk County  
Location (town, county, or district)? Virginia.
Is it a Day or Night School? day school
Of what grade? Primary
When did your present session commence? Octr 1869  
When to close? 30 June 1870
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? yes  
What Society? Friends Freedmen Association 
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? Board of Teacher
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? Yes amt rec'd from J H Jones in October
Who owns the School-building? The Baptist Congregation at Deep Creek
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No  
How much per month? nil
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? -  
White? 1
Colored? 
Total enrolment for the month?† 61 - sixty one 
36 Males  
25 Females - - 61
Number enrolled last report? 45 Forty five 

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

Number left school this month? 1 One female over 16 years old
Number new Scholars this month? 17. Seventeen - 8 males and 9 females
What is the average attendance? 45 [[strikethrough]] fortyfive & fifty [[/strikethrough]]

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

How many hours have you taught per day? 6 hours
How many days have you taught this month? Seventeen
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.

This being Christmas month, the Scholars had 1 Week's Holidays.}

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? all are to pay 10 cents pr week
Number of White Pupils? Not any
Number always present? Between 40 & 50
Number always punctual? 
Number over 16 years of age? Sixteen
Number in Alphabet? One - 1 } 61
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? = 23 } 61
Number in advanced readers? 37 } 61
Number in Geography? Nine = 9
Number in Arithmetic? Eighteen = 18
Number in higher branches? Nil
Number in Writing? Eighteen 18.
Number in Needle-work? none
Number free before the war? 
Have you a Sabbath-School? Yes . 
How many Teachers? 3 =
How many Pupils? attend'ce generally about 40
Have you an Industrial School? no 
How many Teachers?   
How many Pupils? 
State the kind of work done? nil
☞ 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) Wm Brydson
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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