The 6th grade students at the Pearl Griffin Memorial Latch Key Program recently built their own volcanoes and had the opportunity to make them erupt.

Each child created their own volcano, doing everything from cutting the base out of cardboard to helping pour the ingredients to make them erupt.  The younger classes gathered around to watch them erupt.

Founded in 1983, the Pearl Griffin Memorial Latch Key Program is located at 2411 Coggin Avenue in the First Christian Church in Brownwood, Texas.  The program serves children (Pre-K through 6th grade) who qualify from low income families to have after school care so that the children are not left home alone.  Currently, 80 children are served in Brownwood by Latch Key.  First Christian Church donates the classroom space and Howard Payne students help as teachers fulfilling two needs, a low cost staff for Latch Key and a job through the Work Study Program for the HPU students.  Latch Key is a United Way Organization.

For more information call Jessica Hardy at 646-2138.

Pictured above are:  (back row left to right) Francisco Reyes, Mr. Marcos, and Gerardo Campos.  Front row are: (left to right) Jaryn Schwartz, Jaslyn Gutierrez, and Miranda Guerrero.  Another student who built a volcano but is not pictured is Daja Holbert.