Transcribed
by AM Benson
From
Ontario Archives: Education Records: Annual Reports of Local Superintendents
and Local Boards of Trustees 1850-1870; Series RG 2-17.
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1856
Annual Report of the Trustees of
The Roman
Catholic Separate School in Common School Section # 1, in the township of Wolfe
Island to the Local Superintendent of Common Schools for the 1856 of the year
ending 31st December 1856.
Was school free for 1856 – no
If rate bill charged - how much per month for each pupil? - 7 ½
Teachers salary
How much will Teacher or Teachers have received when paid in full from all sources for teaching during the year 1856 (Value of Teachers services rendered in 1856) - 55 pounds
Annual salary of male Teacher, with board or without board - 55
Annual salary of female Teacher, with board or without board – blank
No. of months and days of the year School was kept open - 11 months
General and School Population and Pupils
How many Roman Catholic children between the ages of 5-16 years in the Section - 88
How many Pupils between the ages of 5-16 were entered on the Register of the School during 1856 -63
Total no of Pupils of all ages on the Register of the School during 1856 - 63
How many Pupils of other ages attended the School during 1856 - 6
Total no of pupils of all ages on the Register of the School during 1856 - 69
- of boys - 39
- of girls - 30
How many of the foregoing were non resident Pupils i.e. from other Sections - none
How many are not Roman Catholic -2
Number of indigent Pupils (those unable to pay) -none
No of children attending school less than 20 days during the year - none
No of children attending school between 20 and 50 days during the year -2
No of children attending the school between 50 and 100 days during the year - 4
No of children attending school between 100- 150 days during the year - 8
No of children attending school between 150 - 200 days during the year -30
No of children attending school between 200 and the whole year 260 - 25
No of Roman Catholic children not attending separate school - 19
Cause of their non attendance - indifference of parents
Number of Pupils in
Readers
classes
No in lowest class or first Book of National readers - 9
No in next to lowest class or 2nd book of National readers - 19
No in 3rd class or 3rd Book of National readers - 19
No in 4th book of National readers - 11
No in highest class or 5th Book of National readers - 12
Other Branches of Institutions
-Total number of pupils in Arithmatic - 12
No in Grammer - 2
No in Geography - 3
No in History - none
No in writing -15
No in Bookkeeping - none
No in Maturation - none
No in Algebra, Geometry, Elements of Natural Philosophy, vocal Music, Lineal drawing – none
Number in other unennumerated studies – none
Is School opened and closed with Prayer under new Regulations – yes
Is Bible or Testament used for any purpose – no
Names of books used
What reading book - National English reader? - Nation
What spelling book - Carpenter
What Arithmetic - Walkingams
What grammer - Murrys
What Geography - Mores
What History - none
What bookkeeping -
What Maturation, Algebra, Geometry - none
What other books - 1 nation arithmatic?
Are the authorized books exclusively used - yes
Teacher
No of Male Teachers employed and of what religious order – none(scratched out?) RC
No of Female Teachers employed and of what religious order - none
Class of such Teachers certificate - 2 class
If Provincial certificate ? the Chief Superintendent - what class -yes – No. 2
Attended the Normal School Toronto for any period and what Session - none
Name of such Normal School trained Teacher - -
How often was Teacher changed during the year - not at all
School house
Whether Brick Stone, Frame or Log - Frame
When Built - 1853
Whether freehold, leased or rented? - a gift
School visits
New School house built in 1854- none
By local Superintendent - none
By
clergyman - 5
By municipal councilors, Magistrate or Judges and Members of the Legislature - none
By trustees - 15
Other times - none
Total visits – 21
Maps
and Apparatus
- None or no is the answer to - total # of maps in School, Maps of the Wolf, Maps of Canals, Maps of the Continents, Is there a Blackboard, are Globes used, Is Holdbrok's apparatus used, are Geometrical forms used, Are Object and Tablet lessons used,
Libraries
-Answered none or no to following -Is your School library open to the public, Total No of Volumes in it, How many Volumes were taken out during the year, How many inhabitants applied for books during the year, Are the books covered, labeled and Numbered, How Many Sunday School libraries and total Number of Volumes in them, Are there any other libraries and Number of Volumes in them, NO of Public School lectures and by whom delivered.
Year in which a Separate School was first opened in Section – 53
Percent of General Population not able to read and write as near as can be ascertained - one third can't read or write
Name of nearest Post office to receive the Journal of Education - Wolfe Island.
Dated 31st day of March 1857
Signed Thomas Briceland and Thomas Gilligan Trustees of School Section No. 1 twp of Wolfe Island.
Signed John McHale Teacher second class certificate
The Islands: Schools: Wolfe Island: Annual Report: SSS1-1856
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