"The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change." - Carl Rogers
East Mountain High School offers a diverse and innovative array of opportunities to gifted students, including mentorships, self-directed learning through independent study and online coursework, coordination for study abroad programs, and talent development through extracurricular involvement.
Gifted students are encouraged to identify their unique passions and talents and create goals and an educational plan to support development of these talents and passions.
Autumn Pearson is the Gifted Coordinator and Art Department Chair. She holds a BA in Art Education and Special Education from Indiana University. She attained her MA in Educational Leadership from the University of New Mexico. She began her teaching career on the Zuni Pueblo in 1999, teaching elementary school. Autumn moved to the East Mountains in 2003 and began working on her masters when teaching art at East Mountain. Upon completion of her Masters, she worked as the Assistant Principal at a charter school in Albuquerque. Autumn is very happy to be back at East Mountain and to be working with the students and families of her community. In her free time she enjoys creating art, gardening and caring for her small farm on South 14.
You can contact her at
apearson@eastmountainhigh.net.