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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of January, 1870 

☞ 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? Mt. Pisgah
Location (town, county, or district)? Falls Church
Is it a Day or Night School? day
Of what grade? secondary
When did your present session commence? October 1st
When to close? unknown year
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? yes 
What Society? Friends of Philada
Is your School supported wholly by local School Board?* 
Name of Board or Com.? 
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* 
Name of Board or Com.?
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? 
Who owns the School-building? Freedmen
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? 
How much per month? 
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One 
White? 
Colored? yes
Total enrolment for the month?† 63
Male? 
Female? 
Number enrolled last report? 47

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

Number left school this month? [[strikethrough]]16[[/strikethrough]]
Number new Scholars this month? [[strikethrough]]53[[strikethrough]]16
What is the average attendance? 53
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid?

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

Number of White Pupils?
How many hours have you taught per day? 
Number always present? 53
How many days have you taught this month? 
Number always punctual? 53

{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.}

Number over 16 years of age? 8
Number in Alphabet? 
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 63
Number in advanced readers? 30
Number in Geography? 8
Number in Arithmetic? 28
Number in higher branches? 16
Number in Writing? 42
Number in Needle-work? 
Number free before the war? 
Have you a Sabbath-School? yes
How many Teachers? 
How many Pupils? 
Have you an Industrial School? 
How many Teachers? 
How many Pupils? 
State the kind of work done? 

47
41
4
10
34

34
34
[[strikethrough]]25[[/strikethrough]] 5
29
16
16
40



☞ 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, We are not molested by any one
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? 
Name of the Society? 
Remarks. I report 8 in geography because we have no books to study from. 

(Signed) Harriet Jenkins
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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