Fortunately so many of the resolutions Libby has made for herself and seeks from families are part of Ecker Hill & Treasure Mountain’s International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program curriculum: organization, collaboration, communication, information literacy, reflection, problem solving and thinking, and subject area or interdisciplinary concept understanding. Teaching is a challenging propositin these days. School improvement through standards -based instruction is good, but it’s not enough to prepare kids for the future, see www.skillscommission.org. At the heart of the matter is the disposition posted by Libby and enacted by all our teachers: seeing to the healthy academic, social, emotional, and physical development of middle level kids. It’s not easy, but it’s what we love to do!