One of my goals this summer was to straighten up around the office. After lugging sacks of out-of-style dress patterns to the old dining hall and throwing the sample of Harvey-damaged multi-purpose room...
When staff envisions the Chinquapin community we often see ourselves as the glue that holds this place together. An argument could be made, however, that it is the students who forge the strongest bonds.
Chinquapin Prep is close to my heart. My eldest daughter, Lesley, graduated from Chinquapin last year and is now attending Houston Baptist University. I have another daughter, Ashley, who is currently a Chinquapin freshman. As the current president...
In 2013 I had the good fortune of being assigned to Chinquapin as an instructional coach to support and certify three new teachers hired by the school. From the morning of my first observation, I felt an immediate connection with Chinquapin’s...
It’s easy to spot potential Chinquapin students. They arrive in old cars overflowing with siblings and abuelas. At first, the family is shy and nervous, wondering if what they have heard about the school – that it clears a path out of poverty for...
Chinquapin Preparatory School opened in 1969 with a cadre of multicultural students—eight blacks, two whites and six Mexican Americans. I was among the 16 students that composed that ragtag first class.
Chinquapin Preparatory School provides a challenging, college-preparatory education to motivated youth from low-income families in the Houston area. It is the only low-income boarding school in Texas. Chinquapin is privately managed and funded.
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