“Life is tough, but we’re tougher.” These are the words of Ramon, co-valedictorian of Making Waves Academy’s 2018 graduating class, the 15th Wave. In...
When you are the first in your family to attend college, you often aren’t knowledgeable about how to maximize scholarships to pay for college....
October 25, 2019
15th Waver Britney, a sophomore at UC Berkeley, took a step towards her goal of becoming an architect through a summer internship with Studio…
October 9, 2019
On October 5th, Making Waves Foundation hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil the expanded and enhanced Lakeside campus it constructed for Making Waves Academy.…
September 12, 2019
In California, only 4% of students transfer from community college to a four-year university in two years. Meet Luciano, the first Making Waves Academy…
August 28, 2019
Photo above: select members of the 12th Wave at the CAP Graduation Gala This June marked a milestone in Making Waves history: the first…
August 23, 2019
Above image: students walk into one of the new upper school buildings On August 21st, more than 1,000 students arrived at Making Waves Academy…
August 8, 2019
What ideas do 100+ education professionals have about closing the college degree gap? At the inaugural CAP College Success Institute in May, professionals gathered…
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