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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? Wytheville
Location (town, county, or district)? Wytheville
Is it a Day or Night School? Both
Of what grade? Unclassified
When did your present session commence? Oct. 25
When to close? June 30, 1870
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? Yes 
What Society? Phila. Friends Freed. Assoc.
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? $14.00
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? No
Who owns the School-building? Frank Spiller
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? Yes
How much per month? $15
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? 1 
White? 0
Colored? 1
Total enrolment for the month?† 56
Male? 25
Female? 31
Number enrolled last report? 53

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

Number left school this month? 9
Number new Scholars this month? 12
What is the average attendance? 47
Average attendance at Night School - 16 

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

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

Dismissed from Dec. 24 till after the Christmas Holidays. To reopen Jan. 3, 1870. }

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? 53
Number of White Pupils? 0
Number always present? 29
Number always punctual? 32
Number over 16 years of age? 4
Number in Alphabet? 13
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 24
Number in advanced readers? 19
Number in Geography? 10
Number in Arithmetic? 34
Number in higher branches? 10
Number in Writing? 34
Number in Needle-work? 0
Number free before the war? 8
Have you a Sabbath-School? 1
How many Teachers? 4
How many Pupils? 50
Have you an Industrial School? 0
How many Teachers? 0
How many Pupils? 0
State the kind of work done? X X X X X X X X

☞ 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? Yes
How many? 3
2. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? About 50
No. of Teachers, 3
White, 0
Colored, 3 
3. Do you know of Sabbath Schools not reported to the State Superintendent? 2
How many? 
4. Give (estimated) whole number of pupils in all such Schools? 30
No. of Teachers, 
White, 0
Colored, 
5. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools, No difficulty has resulted from the school nor any publicly expressed opinion adverse. 
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? 37
Name of the Society? Lincoln Division Vanguard of Freedom
Remarks. The demoralizing effects of the near approach of Christmas Holidays reduced the attendance in the last week

(Signed) J.W. Cromwell. 
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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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-06-19 13:14:26 Suggest signature "J W Cromwell" rather than "J. N. Cromwell" ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-06-19 15:06:51