The Islands: Schools: SSS Annual Reports of the Local Superintendent-

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Annual Reports of the Local Superintendent-

Archives of Ontario records of the Department of Education Series RG 2-17

Transcribed by AM Benson

1856 Report Roman Catholic Separate School Section # 1

1 School – charged 7 ½ ₤ per pupil per month

Building – frame school built 1853 – a gift

Financial report -Amount levied upon Rateable property ₤35, on Parents and Guardians of children for Rate Bill 15₤

Annual teacher salary -Paid 55₤, without board. School was open 11 months

# of Roman Catholic children between 5-16 years- 88, of which 63 entered on roll, 6 other age students for total of 69 students

-39 boys and 30 girls, 2 non Catholic pupils.

Cause of non attendance – indifference of parents

Reader – 1^st level 9 students, 2^nd level 17, 3^rd level 19, 4^th level 11, 5^th level 12,

Arithmetic 12 pupils, Grammar 2, Geography 3, writing 18

Class opened with prayer.

Teacher – Male RC 2^nd class certificate John McHale

Visits 1 visit by superintendent, 5 by clergy and 15 by Trustees = 21 visits.

No maps, library, blackboard

1/3 of population can’t read.

Report signed by Thomas Briceland and Thomas Gilligan

1857 – no report located

1858 Roman Catholic Separate School # 1 listed on Annual report of local Superintendent

School log built 1855 freehold – see below for information contained on report.

The School library catalogues and pamphlets on School Architecture have been distributed, but as yet without any effects. The chief aim at the present seems to be to keep the schools open the whole year and employ better teachers if they succeed in this last object the teachers influence may probably excite a wish to procure the necessary maps and apparatus for proper education, good school houses and libraries. I regret to say there are now two Separate RC Schools on the Island.

1859 report says #11 School made RC Separate School No 2

1860 lists Two RC schools numbered #1 and #2 – School paid $25.50 for repairs.

1861 eight schools were free and 6 partly free of the 14 common schools open. Section # 9 had a Protestant separate school and # 9 and 11 had Roman Catholic Separate Schools

# 9 RC has been assumed to be the former # 1 RC school

1862 school value $200

1867 spent $282 for new school site and $20 on maps. School frame freehold valued at $600

1870 School frame freehold valued $800.

1858 1859 1860 1861

No of Schools in operation	1	1	1	1
# of free or partly free schools		Partly free	Partly free	-
Total School Moneys received		$250	$178.66	$178.90
Total paid teachers		$250 male w/o board	$143	$156
Annual salary of teacher		$250	$144	$156
Local superintendents salary	$4 / year per school			$56 $4 x 14
Population of municipality		-
Children aged 5-16 in limits		58	73	78
# other aged students		-	2	-
# of pupils of all ages on roll		58	75	78
# of non paying pupils		-	-	-
Boys		35	40	43
Girls		23	35	35
Average attendance 1st 1/2 yr		42	36	No ½ year return
Average attendance 2^nd half yr		16	25
# pupils in 1^st reading class		14	20	8
# pupils in 2^nd reading class		10	19	18
# pupils in 3^rd reading class		12	20	20
# pupils in 4^th reading class		16	10	15
# pupils in 5^th or highest class		6	6	17
# pupils in arithmetic		24	60	40
# pupils in grammar		8	12	15
# pupils in geography		8	19	18
# pupils in history		-	-	-
# pupils in writing		20	35	40
# pupils in bookkeeping			-	-
# in other studies			-	20 needlework
Bible or testament used			-	1
# visits by superintendent	3	3	2	2
# of visits by others	16	5	10	19
# public exams during year			1	2
Libraries	-	-	-	-
# of volumes in library	-	-	-	-
# of large maps hung up	-	-	-	-
Blackboards used	1	1	1	1
# months school open		12	11	11 mos 11 days
Teacher Male or females	Female RC	M & F Religious order?	Fem	Fem RC
Teachers changed			1	-
Teacher name	M A Green	Felix Hanralty?	Catherine Brennan	Cath Brennan
Type of teacher certificate	2^nd class	1^st class	2^nd class
% of population able to read	10%
Report signed by	Edward Murray Local superintendent	Edward Murray Local superintendent	Edward Murray Local superintendent	Edward Murray Local superintendent

1862 1863 1864 1865

No of Schools in operation	1	1	1	1
# of free or partly free schools	Partly free	Partly free	Partly free	Partly free
Total School Moneys received	$296.98	$282.79	$284.25	$298.29
Total paid teachers	$240.03	$256	$250.54	$254
Annual salary of teacher	Male w/o $252	$270 male W/O	$370	$270
Paid for repairs /rent	$11.50	$16.48	-	$10
Local superintendents salary	$56 $4 x 14	$71	$68	$68 $4 x 17
Population of municipality	-	-	-
Children aged 5-16 in limits	105	70	85	110
# other aged students	3	--	1	5
# of pupils of all ages on roll	108	70	86	115
# of non paying pupils	5 non res, 1 indigent	-	-	3 non res 4 indigent
Boys	51	40	47	62
Girls	57	30	39	53
Average attendance 1st 1/2 yr	-	-	-
Average attendance 2^nd half yr	-	-	-	-
# pupils in 1^st reading class	28	6	13	49
# pupils in 2^nd reading class	30	12	25	38
# pupils in 3^rd reading class	22	18	30	24
# pupils in 4^th reading class	16	14	10	3
# pupils in 5^th or highest class	12	10	8	1
# pupils in arithmetic	60	50	30	60
# pupils in grammar	10	10	12	20
# pupils in geography	14	15	20	19
# pupils in history	-	-	-	-
# pupils in writing	60	50	38	59
# pupils in bookkeeping	-	4	-	-
# in other studies	-	4 geometry	-	3 natural philosophy
Bible or testament used	1	opened with prayer	opened with prayer	opened with prayer
# visits by superintendent	2	2	2	2
# of visits by others	44	31	22	49
# public exams during year	2	2 1 prize	3 1 prize	3 1 prize
Libraries	-	-	-	-
# of volumes in library	-	-	-	-
# of large maps hung up	-	-	-	-
Blackboards used	1	1	1	1
# months school open	11 mos 10 days	-	12	11 mos 15 days
Teacher Male or females	Male RC	Male RC Rel order	Male RC	Male RC
Teachers changed	-	-	-	-
Teacher name	John Delany	John Delany	John Delany	David Roche
Type of teacher certificate	2^nd class	2^nd class	2^nd class	2^nd class
% of population able to read
Report signed by	Edward Murray Local superintendent	Edward Murray Local superintendent	George Malone Local superintendent	George Malone Local superintendent

1866 1867 1868 1869 1870

No of Schools in operation	1	1	1	1	1
# of free or partly free schools	Free	Free	Free	Free	Free
Total School Moneys received	$328.81	$504	$375.62	$271.15	$266.26
Total paid teachers	$280.00	$195	$240	$214	$221.25
Annual salary of teacher	$280.00	$216	$240	$240 male w/o board	$240
Paid for repairs /rent	$35.06 + $3 for new site	$282 buy new site + $20 maps	$108 re new site $5 for prize books	$5 prizes	$5 prizes
Local superintendents salary	$68	$60 $4 x 15	$60 $ x 15	$60	$60
Children aged 5-16 in limits	111	96	103	74	100
# other aged students	6	3	6	31	8
# of pupils of all ages on roll	117	99	109	105	108
# of non paying pupils	2 non res	-	-	-	5 non res + 3 indigent
Boys	71	53	56	55	55
Girls	46	46	53	50	53
Average attendance 1st 1/2 yr	-	-	-	-	-
Average attendance 2^nd half yr	-	-	-	-	-
# pupils in 1^st reading class	35	16	27	26	8
# pupils in 2^nd reading class	39	38	40	25	15
# pupils in 3^rd reading class	43	45	42	20	22
# pupils in 4^th reading class	-	-	-	18	23
# pupils in 5^th or highest class	-	-	-	16	40
# pupils in arithmetic	80	65	40	40	68
# pupils in grammar	30	11	25	25	15
# pupils in geography	30	41	30	20 4 Can	7
# pupils in history	30	22	12	4	14
# pupils in writing	84	50	42	50	34
# pupils in bookkeeping	2	1	2	-	3
# in other studies	-	-	1 algebra 20 in gymnastics or military drill	-	1geometry
Bible or testament used	opened with prayer	opened with prayer	opened with prayer	-	Prayer
# visits by superintendent	2	2	2	2	2
# of visits by others	42	9	21	8	18
# public exams during year	8	2	3 1 prize	2 1 prize	2 1 prize
Libraries	-	-	-	-	-
# of volumes in library	-	-	-	-	-
# of large maps hung up	-	1 wld, 1 Canada, 4 cont, 3 other	10 (4 oth, 1 wld, 1 Can, 4 cont)	10	10
Blackboards used	1	1	1	1
# months school open	11 mos 20 days	11	12	10 mos 21 days	11 mos 3 days
Teacher Male or females	Male RC	Male RC	Male RC	Male RC	Male RC
Teacher name	Jermh Horgan	John O Brien	John OBrien	Arthur Deane	John OBrien
Type of teacher certificate	1^st class	1^st class	1^st class	1^st class	1^st class
Report signed by	George Malone Local Superintendent	George Malone Local Superintendent	George Malone Local Superintendent	George Malone Local Superintendent	George Malone Local superintendent

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