Welcome to Ms. Tapley’s Room!

Mrs. Tapley completed her undergraduate degree at Lake Forest College and her Masters Degree at the University of Maine in Orono. She taught in Belgium for a year at the Antwerp International School before teaching middle school at the Scarborough Middle School. She then moved to Downeast Maine and began teaching at the Brooklin School in 2004. She is currently teaching math to grades 3-8 and loves to get excited about all things math. In her spare time, Mrs. Tapley can be found watching webinars about math while jogging on her treadmill. She is also active in the Penobscot Historical Society, the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in Maine, and the Maine Teacher of the Year Association. Mrs. Tapley was the 2016 Hancock County Teacher of the Year and a 2017 Maine Teacher of the Year Finalist. Contact: rtapley@brooklinschool.org
 “You have only failed if you have given up. Until then, it’s learning.” Author Unknown

Our Classroom

Mrs. Tapley, 2016 Hancock Teacher of the Year, eats, sleeps, breathes, and spreads her love of math and the growth mindset each and every day! The seventh and eighth grade students begin their day with Mrs. Tapley. Here, they work on grade level math using the Eureka math curriculum. Math classes focus on the following: math fluency, application problems, and concept development. Students to become critical thinkers problem solvers by identifying real world applications for math. During the day, the students in the seventh and eighth grade classroom stay in their homerooms and the teachers come to them. Mrs. Bebell teaches science and social studies and Mrs. Baird teaches literacy and writing. Students leave the classroom daily when they attend their two specials.

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NEWS FROM MS.Tapley

7/8 Newsletter • 10/6/19

7/8 Newsletter • 10/6/19

Math - Mrs. Tapley: 7th grade mathematicians worked on demonstrating their understanding about unit rates with fractions on an assessment. They then began applying their work with proportions to studying scale drawings. 8th grade mathematicians practiced applying...

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7/8 Newsletter • 9/29/19

7/8 Newsletter • 9/29/19

Super Studies - Mrs. Bebell: As we begin to wrap up our study of the global water crisis, students wrote letters to a variety of people so that they can share what they have learned and/or ask for donations to support their fundraising efforts. They also created some...

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7/8 Newsletter • 9/23/19

7/8 Newsletter • 9/23/19

Upcoming Events: Monday, September 23rd: School Picture DayFriday, September 27th: Early Release at 1:00 PMFriday, October 4: Family movie night hosted by the 7/8 class to raise money for Water for South SudanOctober 7th-11th: Camp Kieve...

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7/8 Newsletter • 9/15/19

7/8 Newsletter • 9/15/19

Upcoming Events: Monday, September 16th: Camp Kieve info night at 6:00 PM in the Blue Hill Consolidated School cafeteria.Monday, September 23rd: School Picture DayFriday, September 27th: Early Release at 1:00 PMOctober 7th-11th: Camp Kieve...

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Weekly 7/8 Newsletter • 9/8/19

Weekly 7/8 Newsletter • 9/8/19

Welcome to the first 7th/8th grade classroom newsletter of the 2019-2020 school year! The year has already started off in a wonderful way, and I'm excited to share some of what the students learned this week. This year, our weekly newsletters will be emailed to you...

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Get In Touch

Location:  41 School Street, Brooklin, Maine 04616

Telephone: (207) 359-2133

FAX: (207)-359-2303

Email: lmunson@brooklinschool.org

School Hours: M-F: 7:45am - 3pm

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