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[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of May the 31 , 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? Tilghman
Location (town, county, or district)? County
Is it a Day or Night School? day
Of what grade? Tappahannock Essex
When did your present session commence? Sep
When to close? July
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 p'd this month? 
Is your School supported in part by local School Board?* no
Name of Board or Com.? 
Am't p'd this month? 
Is your School supported wholly by Freedmen? no
Amount paid this month? Six Dollars
Is your School supported in part by Freedmen? no   
Amount paid this month? Six Dollars
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? yes
Who owns the School-building? Chinn
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? yes
How much per month? 25 Cents
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? one 
White? 
Colored? 
Total enrolment for the month?† thirty
Male? 
Female? 
Number enrolled last report? [[strikethrough]] 34 [[/strikethrough]] 32

{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]] 4 [[/strikethrough]] 2
Number new Scholars this month? none
What is the average attendance? twenty  

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

How many hours have you taught per day? Six
How many days have you taught this month? 22
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.}
There have been no Deficiency of time in teaching this month.

Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? all
Number of White Pupils? none
Number always present? 20
Number always punctual? 20
Number over 16 years of age? four 
Number in Alphabet? none
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? 10
Number in advanced Readers? twenty
Number in Geography? twenty
Number in Arithmetic? 20
Number in higher branches? none
Number in Writing? twenty
Number in needle-work? none
Number free before the war? four
Have you a Sabbath School? yes
How many Teachers? one
How many Pupils? 30
Have you an Industrial School? no
How many Teachers? one
How many Pupils? thirty
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? 
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.) Mrs Kate Elliott 
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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