Teacher's Monthly School Report of J. F. Pierpont Dickson, Perrymansville, Dec. 1868
- Title
- Teacher's Monthly School Report of J. F. Pierpont Dickson, Perrymansville, Dec. 1868
- Date
- 12-31-1868
- Creator
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J.F. Pierpont Dickson
- Description
- 20 students on the roll. Dickson remarks that "[t]he school is making very good progress.
- School
- Perrymansville aka Perryman
- Related Financial Supporters
- New England Freedmen's Aid Society aka New England Branch of the American Freedmen's Union Commission
- Source
- Smithsonian, National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- Transcript
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[ED. FORM, NO. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the month of December 31., 1868.
District or County, Harford
State, Maryland
Name of School, Perrymansville
Name of Teacher, J.F. Pierpont Dickson
Forwarded Dec 31. 1868.
Received
[Ed. Form, No. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the Month of December 31., 1868.
☞ 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? Perrymansville
Location (town, county, or district)? No. 2
Is it a Day or Night-School? Day
Of what grade? Intermediate
When did your present session commence? Oct. 6.
When to close? June
Is your School supported by an Educational Society? It is
What Society? N. Eng Br. F. & U. C.
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?* It is
Name of Board or Com.? Parrymansville S.B.
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? It is
Amount paid this month?
Have you had Bureau transportation this term? I have
Who owns the School-building? It is a church owned by the Colored People.
Is rent paid by Freedmen's Bureau? No
How much per month? not anything
What number of Teachers and Assistants in your School? One school
White?
Colored?
Total enrolment for the month?† Twenty
Male? Ten
Female? Ten
Number enrolled last report? Twenty
{Number enrolled last report, by adding new scholars and subtracting those left school, must equal the present total enrolment.}
Number left school this month? not one
Number new Scholars this month? not any
What is the average attendance? Seventeen
{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? Eighteen
{Give reasons for deficiency of time, (if any,) in teaching.}
Number of Pupils for whom tuition is paid? Twenty
Number of White Pupils? Not any
Number always present? Twelve
Number always punctual? Four.
Number over 16 years of age? One.
Number in Alphabet? Not any.
Number who spell, and read easy lessons? Fifteen
Number in advanced readers? Five.
Number in Geography? Three.
Number in Arithmetic? Fifteen
Number in higher branches? Not any.
Number in Writing? Fourteen
Number in Needle-work? Not any.
Number free before the war? Fifteen.
Have you a Sabbath-School? No.
How many Teachers? not any .
How many Pupils? not any.
Have you an Industrial School? No
How many Teachers? not any.
How many Pupils? not any.
State the kind of work done? Not any kind.
☞ 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? I do not
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? I do not
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, becomingly favorable.
6. How many pupils in your School are members of a Temperance Society? not any.
Name of the Society?
Remarks. The school is making very good progress.
(Signed) J.F. Pierpont Dickson
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.
[ED. FORM, NO. 3.]
TEACHER'S MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT
For the month of December 31., 1868.
District or County, Harford
State, Maryland
Name of School, Perrymansville
Name of Teacher, J.F. Pierpont Dickson
Forwarded Dec 31. 1869.
Received
EXPLANATIONS.
If any of the within questions cannot be answered by the teacher, they may be left for the Superintendent. Place each answer, to the extent of your knowledge, opposite the question, and he will fill the remaining spaces.
Night and Sabbath schools taught by a group of teachers should be reported but once.
In the "Remarks" notice any important fact which the blank does not call for.
It is hoped that the Educational Societies will adopt this form of Report; if so, the Bureau can furnish the blanks.
☞ Should more extended forms be used, it would oblige the Commissioner to have them include all the items of this.
BUREAU R., F., & A.L., Washington, D.C., October 1, 1868.
Part of Teacher's Monthly School Report of J. F. Pierpont Dickson, Perrymansville, Dec. 1868