The saltwater aquarium (175 gallon, Red Sea Max-S 650) and RO/DI water system were donated by Chinquapin supporter, Juan Pablo Negrete in January 2018. Cristina Medrano, a junior on Kacie Horton’s chore crew, expressed an interest in helping...
quidproAthletics Schedule Winter 2018
Goooooo, Burrs! Grab a friend and come out to support your favorite Chinquapin team! 1/14 – 4:00 PM V Boys Soccer vs. Beaumont Legacy @ Chinquapin 1/15 – 4:00 PM J Girls Basketball @Pasadena First Baptist 1/15 – 5:00 PM J Boys Basketball @...
Chinquapin Alumni Give Back Big
Michelle Nasser and Eduardo De La Torre have been instrumental in a few key projects this school year. Michelle serves as the alumni liaison with the board of trustees and has worked with Chinquapin staff on inclusivity. Eduardo teaches Science...
Chinqua-Family Growth
Chinquapin is proud to introduce Laura Hipps, our new Director of Development! Laura first heard about Chinquapin Prep more than a decade ago from the beloved Chinquapin board member, Willy Keuhn.
Opening Bell
We started this school year a full week later than normal in order to welcome our 153 students with a freshly remodeled gym! Gifts from the Herzstein and Brown Foundations made this renovation possible. The McNair Foundation also helped with...
50 Years of Hope
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 flooring into the dumpster, I came across two...
Laura HenryChinquapin students are the key to community
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 alum earns internship with Texas State Rep. Eric Johnson
As the Vice President of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) chapter at St. Edward’s University, 2016 Chinquapin alum Alejandro Izaguirre has the chance to meet people of all backgrounds. But even he was surprised at the...
Why I let my daughter board at Chinquapin Prep
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...
Bertha RobledoChinquapin Prep featured in Houston Business Journal
Thank you, Houston Business Journal, for highlighting Chinquapin’s brand new girls dormitory! We are so proud of the efforts we’re making on behalf of our student body — and it’s wonderful to see the greater Houston community...
Chinquapin Prep: My educational Shangri-La
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...
Stephen PerraultSuccess at Chinquapin is Quid Pro Quo
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...
A boarding school for low-income students
Chinquapin is the only low-income boarding school in Texas, and one of only a handful in the nation. Why board? It was our founder’s belief that removing students from the daily distractions of their home environments was critical to their success.
A barrio boy goes to Chinquapin
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.
