Teacher Of The Year's

Maryvale Prep’s Marlena Murtagh sees creativity in her students

By Katie V. Jones, Catholic Review

Every child is creative and can have moments of joy. That is what motivates Marlena Murtagh, an art teacher at Maryvale Preparatory school in Lutherville, every day.

Maryvale Preparatory School visual art teacher Marlena Murtagh is the Independent High School Teacher of the Year for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

“An art teacher has to be flexible. You get to learn so many things and kids are excited about it,” Murtagh said. “They give you so much grace. If you try something new and it doesn’t go so great, they laugh it off and are willing to try again.”

In April, Murtagh was named the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s independent high school teacher of the year. She earned both a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and a Masters of Art in Teaching from Maryland Institute College of Art.

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