Grants, NM – Each year the New Mexico Public Education Department calculates the overall performance of students across the state. These scores are released in June and reflects the previous school year. Grants High School received a score of 56 and is designated as a traditional school and Laguna-Acoma High School received a score of 52 and is designated as an Additional Targeted Support and Improvement School or ATSI school.

LAGUNA – Alfred Pino began his creative journey at a young age. He was born in Gallup, but raised in Laguna by his grandparents, Juan and Esther Aragon. Later, his mother learned the skill of making pottery and would give him blank pots to practice on. As an only child there were few distractions and Pino spent his time drawing. When his mother made him a seed pot to paint, he painted the traditional way with a yucca brush and paint made from spinach juice and brown rocks.