Lucile Erwin Middle School (LEMS) is an International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Program school. Following the IB mission “…to create a better world through education,” LEMS strives to develop the whole child focus on global mindedness through teaching of interdisciplinary units of study, social emotional learning, and opportunity for engagement in programming outside of the traditional school day. LEMS is an internationally minded community striving to develop compassionate life-long learners through the lens of the IB learner profile. The IB global context foci are taught daily through core content areas.