Ms. Diane Taylor

Diane Taylor began at Moravian Academy in 1984 and was a second-grade teacher in the lower school. For 34 years, Moravian Academy students have walked into Ms. Taylor’s classroom and walked out at the end of the year feeling taller. Ms. Taylor’s masterful ability to inspire, nurture, teach, laugh, and build community was second nature for her. Diane daily encouraged her students with the deft strokes of an artist’s brush, to realize their most brilliant and decent selves. She was a peacemaker and always volunteered her time after school to tutor. To this day, Diane reaches out to her former students when they graduate from the Merle-Smith Campus with notes of congratulations and encouragement for their bright futures. Ms. Taylor continues to be a shining light in students' lives.