The Pavarotti school was built with money raised for the purpose in a concert by the famous Italian singer Luciano Pavarotti. He intended to build an artesan centre to teach traditional arts and crafts to Guatemalan war orphans. 
        When it started up, it became just another junior high school, with a little craft work in the afternoons. The Pavarotti foundation passed the school over to the Rigoberta Menchú foundation, and after a few difficult months, the present director took over in January, 2005
        The school has now become one of the best in San Lucas. Students study the courses of the government-controlled junior high curriculum Mondays to Thursdays in the mornings, but also learn weaving, basketwork, carpentry and computing in the afternoons.

The Pavarotti school overlooks the lake