Wave-Maker Affirmation

The Wave-Maker Affirmation is a declaration of the guiding principles that our students hold themselves to as they follow the pathway of a Wave-Maker.

I AM A WAVE-MAKER!
I am an agent of change. I can control my destiny if I set my mind to it.
I am determined to be an intelligent, organized, and disciplined person.
I will not let anything get in the way of my success.


I AM A WAVE-MAKER!
I am willing to get an education. I will go to college.
I will complete the Making Waves program because
I am determined to go to college.

I AM A WAVE-MAKER!
I look at life with a positive attitude. I believe love and support are priceless. I will help people less fortunate than me. I will build houses for the homeless. I will adopt children. I will be devoted to non-violence and help end violence in our community. I will increase the peace.

I AM A WAVE-MAKER!
I will help rebuild my community. I will clean up graffiti. I will recycle. I will keep my streets clean.

I AM A WAVE-MAKER!
I am a valuable person. I will believe in myself.
I will achieve my goals. I am creative.
I will be an impossible me and recycle my success.

I AM A WAVE-MAKER!
I am a powerful person. I am strong, smart, generous, and caring. Success is achieved through hard work and perseverance. I am willing.

I AM A WAVE-MAKER!

About Making Waves Education Foundation

At Making Waves, we are committed to educational equity. Making Waves Education Foundation is a Bay Area nonprofit that supports Making Waves Academy – a public charter school with more than 1,100 5th through 12th grade students – and leads college and career programming with more than 500 college students.

Knowing the opportunities that come with a college degree, we partner with historically underrepresented and underserved students to help make college affordable and graduation attainable. Centering the journeys of our students, our personalized approach includes college and career coaching, scholarships, and financial planning.

Our alumni network includes more than 600 college graduates, who earn their degrees and land jobs at more than twice the rate of their first-generation, low-income peers, with 84% graduating debt-free.

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