The Islands: Schools: Wolfe Island: SS6 annual reports

SS # 6 Annual reports of the Local Superintendents and Local Boards of Trustees

Archives of Ontario – Series RG 2-17

Transcribed by AM Benson

1850 school house –log building, built 1850, 24 x 18 inferior or third class build, freehold with desks, seats, playground and privy.

1851 report – during the year 1851 unqualified teachers have been hanged for qualified ones and ? males for females which causes some little irregularity in the amount paid teachers compared to the number of months the schools have been kept open by a qualified teacher.

School in operation from 1846 – one room log school build 1845- freehold – second class school in good condition

1855 – one deaf or dumb female within municipality

1858 The School Library Catalogue and pamphlets on School Architecture have been distributed, but as yet without any effects. The chief aim at present seems to be to keep the schools open the whole year, and employ better teachers, if they succeed n 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 R.C. Schools on the Island.

1861 – eight free schools and six partly free

1862 – free schools - # 3, #5, #7, #8, #10, #13, #14, partly free schools #1, #2, #4, #6, #9, #11.

1850 1851 1852 1853

No of Schools in operation	1	1	1	1
School Money received	19₤ 11s 9	21₤ 10s	20₤	28₤ 14 s 4 d
Total paid teachers	-	21₤ 10s	20₤	28₤ 14s 4d
Still unappropriated /paid	-	-		-
Annual salary of teacher	27₤	21₤ 10 s	24₤	36₤
Children aged 5-16 in limits	77	84	102	83
# of pupils all ages on roll	30	45	50	51
# other aged pupils	-	-	5	4
# of non paying pupils	3	3	-	-
Boys	18	30	31	37
Girls	12	15	19	14
Average attendance of pupils	30 sum - win	26 sum 30 win	29 sum 34 win	15 sum 39 win
Average attendance of boys	10 10	15 19	17 20	9 28
Average attendance of girls	7 7	10 11	12 14	6 11
# pupils in 1^st reading class	0	10	1	2
# pupils in 2^nd reading class	8	14	16	11
# pupils in 3^rd reading class	5	14	17	23
# pupils in 4^th reading class	7	7	10	15
# pupils in 5^th or highest class	0	-	-	6
# Arithmetic	1	13	20	31
# pupils in grammar	0	3	2	4
# pupils in geography	0	-	-	4
# pupils in history	0	-	-	13
# pupils in writing	12	18	25	33
# pupils in bookkeeping	0	-	-	-
# in other studies	0		-	3 philosophy
Bible or testament used	Test	Test	Yes	-
# visits by superintendent	-	4	3	2
# of visits by others	0	5	13	7
Visitors book kept	Yes	Yes	Yes	-
# public exams during year	-	4	3	3
# of free schools	-	0	0
Libraries	0	1 Common / 1 Sunday school	Sunday school	-
# of volumes in library	0	60 com 100 sun	100	-
# of large maps hung up	0	-	-	-
Blackboards used	0	Yes	Yes	1
Globes	0	0	-	-
mths open w qualified teacher	8	12	10	9
Teacher Male/ females religion	Fem Wel	Fem Meth	Fem Meth	Male Meth
Type of teacher certificate	Cert	2^nd class	3^rd class	2^nd class
Report signed by	K S Henderson Local superintendent	Henry Going Local superintendent	Henry Going Local superintendent	Henry Going ?

1855 1856 1857 1858

No of Schools in operation	-
# of free or partly free schools	No free schools
Total School Moneys received	13₤ 18s 6
Total paid teachers	12₤
Annual salary of teacher	24₤ fem w board
Local superintendents salary		14 ₤ five shillings
Population of municipality	263
Children aged 5-16 in limits	72
# other aged students	4
# of pupils of all ages on roll	54
# of non paying pupils	3 non res
Boys	30
Girls	24
Average attendance of pupils	-
Average attendance 1st 1/2 yr	13	21
Average attendance 2^nd half yr	6	16
# pupils in 1^st reading class	10
# pupils in 2^nd reading class	12
# pupils in 3^rd reading class	22
# pupils in 4^th reading class	10
# pupils in 5^th or highest class	0
# pupils in arithmetic	42
# pupils in grammar	3
# pupils in geography	3
# pupils in history	0
# pupils in writing	41
# pupils in bookkeeping	-
# in other studies	-
Bible or testament used	Yes
# visits by superintendent	2	2	2	2
# of visits by others	4	3	4	4
# public exams during year	1
Libraries	1	Sunday school	Sunday school	-
# of volumes in library	200	200	100	-
# of large maps hung up	0	4 1 world 3 cont	4 1 world, 2 continents 1 Canada	4 1 world 2 continents 1 Canada
Blackboards used	No	Yes	1	1
# months school open	6
Teacher Male or females	Fem CE	Male RC	Male M, Fem P	Male P
Teachers changed	0		1	2 = 3 total
Teacher name	Jane McCann	Ewen McKennon	Horace H Looke	Alexander Munsie
Type of teacher certificate	2^nd class	2^nd class	2^nd class	2^nd class
% of population able to read		10	15	20
Report signed by	Edward Murray Local superintendent	Edward Murray Local superintendent	Edward Murray Local superintendent	Edward Murray Local superintendent

1859 1860 1861 1862

No of Schools in operation	1	1		1
# of free or partly free schools	Partly free	Partly free	Partly free	Partly free
Total School Moneys received	$259.95	$242.7	$239.02	$284.92
Total paid teachers	$178	$200	211.92	$229.50
Annual salary of teacher	$216 male w/o board $180 fem w/o board	$240 male w/o $192 w/o board	$300 male w/o	$300 male w/o
Paid for repairs /rent	$3.47	$10		$22
Local superintendents salary			$4 x 11 public + 3 sep schools = $56.	$4 x 12 pub + 2 sep schools = $56
Population of municipality	350	272	270	300
Children aged 5-16 in limits	100	78	100	110
# other aged students	7	-	-	-
# of pupils of all ages on roll	87	70	63	86
# of non paying pupils	-	-	9	4
Boys	45	34	33	52
Girls	42	36	30	34
Average attendance 1st 1/2 yr	38	41	21	29
Average attendance 2^nd half yr	43	34	27 ½	31
# pupils in 1^st reading class	12	17	14	16
# pupils in 2^nd reading class	17	16	16	13
# pupils in 3^rd reading class	22	13	10	15
# pupils in 4^th reading class	20	19	14	25
# pupils in 5^th or highest class	16	2	9	17
# pupils in arithmetic	42	30	50	23
# pupils in grammar	12	14	8	7
# pupils in geography	42	29	34 – 23 Canadian	10
# pupils in history	-	7	-	4
# pupils in writing	42	26	56	20
# pupils in bookkeeping	2	-	-	-
# in other studies	1 algebra 1 mensuration 1 geometry 43 girls needlework	-	-	4 mensuration 1 Algebra
Bible or testament used	1	-	1	-
# visits by superintendent	3	2	2	2
# of visits by others	12	10	11	7
# public exams during year	-	-	2	-
Libraries	Sunday school	-	1	-
# of volumes in library	150	-	100	-
# of large maps hung up	4	4	4	4
Blackboards used	1	1	1	1
# months school open	10 mos 15 days	11	9	11 mos 12 days
Teacher Male or females	Male P	Fem C E	Male CE	Male CE
Teachers changed	1	1	1	1
Teacher name	AB McKechnie	Elizabeth Duncan	Walter Johnson	Walter Johnson
Type of teacher certificate	2 with cert 1^st class	2^nd class	2^nd class	1^st 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

1863 1864 1865 1866

No of Schools in operation	1	1	1	1
# of free or partly free schools	Partly free	Partly free	Partly free	Partly
Total School Moneys received	$222.25	$284.79	$166.31	$186.05
Total paid teachers	$220.05	$220.50	$135.20	$114.53
Annual salary of teacher	$240 male w/o	$240 male w/o	$180 fem w/o	$138 fem
Paid for repairs /rent	$2.20	$24.34	$1.75	-
Local superintendents salary	$4 x 13 pub +4 sep schools + $3 x 1 pub = $71	$4 x 14 pub + 3 x separate = $68	$4 x14 pub +3 separate = $68	$4 x 14 public + 3 separate = $68
Population of municipality	200	193	170	195
Children aged 5-16 in limits	67	60	60	108
# other aged students	16	9	5	9
# of pupils of all ages on roll	67	76	71	75
# of non paying pupils	4	3 non res	6 non res 5 indigent	6 non res 4 indigent
Boys	39	39	43	44
Girls	28	37	28	31
Average attendance 1st 1/2 yr	24	26 ½	20	25 ¼
Average attendance 2^nd half yr	14 ½	18 ¾	13 ½	11 ¾
# pupils in 1^st reading class	1	5	14	10
# pupils in 2^nd reading class	18	15	18	12
# pupils in 3^rd reading class	14	19	11	15
# pupils in 4^th reading class	21	25	17	10
# pupils in 5^th or highest class	13	12	13	7
# pupils in arithmetic	13	68	50	57
# pupils in grammar	5	14	11	7
# pupils in geography	20 1 Can	7	2	50 8 Canadian
# pupils in history	-	23	2	12
# pupils in writing	37	50	50	56
# pupils in bookkeeping	-	2	-	-
# in other studies	-	1 algebra 2 geometry	2 mensuration	9 needlework
Bible or testament used	1	1	1	-
# visits by superintendent	2	2	2	2
# of visits by others	3	7	7	10
# public exams during year	-	1	1	-
Libraries	-	-	-	-
# of volumes in library	Value $10	-	-	-
# of large maps hung up	4	4	4	5 1 world, 1 continents, 1 Canada 2 other
Blackboards used	1	1	1	1
# months school open	11	11	9	9 mos 8 days
Teacher Male or females	Male CE	Male M	Fem M	Fem Pres
Teachers changed	-	-	1	1
Teacher name	Walter Johnson	John J Walkes	Jane Wollard	Ann Grant
Type of teacher certificate	1 st class	2nd class	1^st class	3^rd class
% of population able to read	-		-	-
Report signed by	George Malone Local Superintendent	George Malone Local Superintendent	George Malone Local Superintendent	George Malone Local Superintendent

1867 1868 1869 1870

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	$195.62	$237.40	$277.70	$243.96
Total paid teachers	$152.00	$140	$198	$183.50
Annual salary of teacher	$240 male w/o	$216 male w/o $108 fem w/o	$216 male w/o	$132
Paid for repairs /rent		$7 prize books	.85	$2.25
Local superintendents salary	$4 x 12 public + 3 private = $60	$4 x 12 public + 3 private = $60	$4 x 12 public + 3 separate = $60	$4 x 12 public + 3 private = $60
Population of municipality	182	210	213	$210
Children aged 5-16 in limits	69	70	75	75
# other aged students	1	-	13	11
# of pupils of all ages on roll	81	64	82	89
# of non paying pupils	2	6	12 non res 4 indigent	10 non res 6 indigent
Boys	40	35	46	45
Girls	41	29	36	44
Average attendance 1st 1/2 yr	22 ½	26 ¾	27 ½	27
Average attendance 2^nd half yr	16	20	19	19 ½
# pupils in 1^st reading class	17	4	6	4
# pupils in 2^nd reading class	13	7	10	2
# pupils in 3^rd reading class	16	8	8	18
# pupils in 4^th reading class	15	1-	10	22
# pupils in 5^th or highest class	20	14	14	74
# pupils in arithmetic	61	16	34	56
# pupils in grammar	35	13	9	10
# pupils in geography	70	10	8	14
# pupils in history	20	4	-	8
# pupils in writing	57	24	30	40
# pupils in bookkeeping	1	2	5	6
# in other studies	12 girls needlework	3 Algebra	2 Algebra	1 Algebra 1 geometry 1 philosophy
Bible or testament used		1	1	1
# visits by superintendent	2	2	2	2
# of visits by others	10	12	9	13
# public exams during year	1	1	1	2
Libraries	-	-	-	-
# of volumes in library	-	-	-	-
# of large maps hung up	4	4	4	4
Blackboards used	1	1	1	1
# months school open	10	11	11	11
Teacher Male or females	Male M	Male M	Male EM	Male EM
Teachers changed	1	1	-	-
Teacher name	William H Godwin	Matthew Davis	Matthew Davis	Matthew M Davis
Type of teacher certificate	2^nd class	2^nd	2^nd class	2^nd class
% of population able to read
Report signed by	George Malone Local superintendent	-George Malone Local superintendent	George Malone Local superintendent	George Malone Local superintendent