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The Chinquapin School

Quid pro Quo (Latin: Something for Something)
Established	1969
School type	Non-profit private school
Location	Highlands, Texas, United States
Campus	Rural
Enrollment	152
Color(s)	Black and white

The Chinquapin School is a non-profit private college-preparatory school, grades six through twelve, which serves low-income youth, particularly minorities, from the Greater Houston area. The school is located in Highlands, Texas.

1 History
2 Academics
3 Student life
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The Chinquapin School was founded in 1969 as a school for boys by Robert Moore and his wife Maxine in Palestine, Texas. The school was moved in 1973 to Highlands, near Baytown. In 1978 the school became coeducational, letting in its first female student on a trial basis.

[edit] Academics

Students are required to take English, history, biology, physics, chemistry and math. Additionally, students must take four years of vocabulary-building courses, three years of Spanish and, as seniors, an environmental studies course.

[edit] Student life

All students who attend Chinquapin are on scholarship and pay a fraction of the $10,500 per student operating cost — $30-$100+ a month, based on family income. To fulfill the school's motto of Quid pro Quo (Latin: Something for Something) students give back by performing daily chores and helping in the community.

Girls and 6^th grade boys are bussed to the school daily. Boys in 7^th through through 12^th grades stay Monday through Friday in campus dormitories.