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Chinquapin Preparatory School is a nonprofit private college-preparatory school, grades six through twelve, which serves low-income youth, particularly minorities, from the Greater Houston area. The school, accredited by the Texas Alliance of Accredited Private Schools, is located in Highlands in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, USA, near Baytown.〔Hodge, Shelby. "(Social calendar )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Wednesday April 10, 1996. Houston 3. Retrieved on December 2, 2011.〕 Chinquapin Prep, along with Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory of Houston and Yellowstone Academy, is one of the few Greater Houston private schools that caters to low income students.〔Radcliffe, Jennifer. "(Third Ward school for poorest of poor still thriving )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Monday October 11, 2010. Retrieved on October 21, 2011.〕 ==History== The Chinquapin School was founded by Robert P. Moore — formerly head of the English Department at St. John's School in Houston — and his wife Maxine. Incorporated in March 1969 as a school for boys, it was funded with an initial five-year grant of $250,000 from (The Brown Foundation ) of Houston. The Moores had planned to locate the school on their property near Palestine, Texas — where a branch of Chinquapin Creek and several Chinquapin trees can be found — but were convinced they needed to be closer to Houston. Inner-city students — the school's target prospects — were located there, as was the donor base who were more plentiful in Houston and who would want to see the impact they were making in their city. Chinquapin was originally located in the city of Baytown on Tri City Beach Road. Board members soon discovered nearby the current Highlands location (a former egg farm); doors opened there in August 1973. The school became coeducational in 1978, letting in its first female student on a trial basis. The school's name comes from the Algonquian word meaning "large". The school motto is ''Quid pro Quo'' ((ラテン語:Something for Something)). It's been the school's motto since its founding, and its simple message pervades almost every aspect of the school. The Chinquapin School changed its name to Chinquapin Preparatory School in 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chinquapin Preparatory School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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