Making Waves Academy 2022-23 Impact Report

2022-23 IMPACT REPORT

THANK YOU for your support!

MESSAGE FROM THE CEO DEAR MAKING WAVES COMMUNITY, Welcome to the Making Waves Academy Impact Report for the 2022-23 academic year. 2022-23 was the second full school year of in-person learning following the year of remote instruction. Overall, we saw some improvements while experiencing some persistent challenges. The aim of this report is to highlight areas of success, growth, and impact.

RESILIENCE AND ROUTINES Of the five school values, Resilience stands out as the overriding theme for 2022-23. Strengthening Routines, Expectations, and Procedures was a critical goal in helping to support an effective in-person learning environment. We aimed for the school year to be as “normal” as possible – hosting dances and community meetings, having spirit week, and having 12th grade graduation and 8th grade promotion ceremonies on campus.

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HERE ARE SOME GROWTH HIGHLIGHTS • Attendance: We saw material increases in our average daily attendance.

• Academic growth: Some class cohorts showed very strong growth on the state tests.

• Seniors and college admissions: This was one of the strongest years of any senior class in terms of cumulative GPAs and college admissions.

LOOKING AHEAD Coming out of the pandemic, we are looking to be strategic and opportunistic in evolving our model. Examples include critically examining our instructional practices and the levels of investment in some of our approaches. We will have medium and long-term success by focusing on strengthening our foundation in the areas of talent, leadership, family partnership, and fidelity to instructional best practices.

We will look back on the 2022-23 school year as a pivotal year during which Making Waves Academy began to “turn the ship” toward an even stronger and more impactful future.

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IMPACT

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STUDENTS

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ALUMNI

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DONORS

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FINANCIALS

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LEADERSHIP

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely, Alton B. Nelson, Jr. Chief Executive Officer Making Waves Academy

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IMPACT Making Waves Academy is a public charter school committed to rigorously and holistically preparing students in grades 5-12 from Richmond, California, and the surrounding areas for college, career, and life success.

SBAC STATE TEST RESULTS FOR MATH AND ELA

The following chart illustrates the impact of the pandemic on our school-wide results, showing pre- and post-school-closure results for Math and English Language Arts.

Note: 2019-20 testing was cancelled and 2020-21 testing was optional.

% MEETING/EXCEEDING THE STANDARD FOR MATH & ELA

60%

Math

ELA

50%

50%

30%

44%

39%

40% 26%

20%

21%

14%

10% 0%

2018-19

0% 0%

0% 0%

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

The following chart illustrates Making Waves Academy’s school-wide results in 2022-23 in comparison to Contra Costa County and the State of California for socioeconomically disadvantaged students. % SOCIOECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS MEETING/EXCEEDING THE STANDARD - 2022-23

50% 40%

ELA

35% 28%

30% 20%

Math

45%

20%

17%

23%

10% 0%

MWA

AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL COHORT GRADUATION RATES OVER TIME 5 Year Average Graduation Rate

100%

State of CA

98.7% 94.4%

95% 90%

Contra Costa County

91.7% 91.7%

91.7%

85%

88.5%

91.7% 86.6%

80%

2019

2020

2021

2022

Lower than the historical average as a result of the pandemic

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90.5%

2023

91.7%

CLASS OF 2023 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION

87

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS

100%

900+

students graduated from Making Waves Academy

college applications

of seniors who applied to four-year colleges received at least one acceptance letter

100%

90.5%

High school graduation rate 0%

COLLEGE READINESS College

39% competitive

students

3.8 and above GPA

100%

53% College ready

students

2.5-3.79 GPA

5%

College eligible 1.8-2.49 GPA

students

COLLEGE AND CAREER PLANS (as of spring 2023)

chose University of California 37% campuses (including 6 at UC Berkeley and 3 at UCLA) chose California State

30% University campuses

Non-college 3% eligible students 1.0-1.79 GPA

100%

of students who applied to University of California campuses were accepted

21% chose community college 8% chose private universities 2% chose vocational programs

OF GRADUATES MET THE A-G COURSE REQUIREMENTS

chose an out-of-state

1% public university chose military

1% service enlistment

for admissions eligibility to UC and CSU campuses

SCHOLARSHIPS

94%

EARNED SCHOLARSHIPS AND COACHING from Making Waves Education Foundation

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Posse Scholar with a full-tuition scholarship to Lehigh University

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full-tuition scholarships to Johns Hopkins University

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STUDENTS 85%

1,100+ students enrolled

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of students are from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds

99%

of students are people of color

MEET SOME OF OUR

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WAVE-MAKERS

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GIOVANNA BARRAGAN (left) and JHOSMAR BARRAGAN (right) are attending rival universities, USC and UCLA, respectively. The sister and brother pair credit Making Waves with sparking their interest in college as early as 5th grade.

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During the Class of 2023 graduation ceremony, Valedictorian AMERICA LEON-BETANCOURT shared she is heading to Barnard College, Columbia University, with a sense of self and newfound courage.

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Senior IMUNTINYAN AIGBUZA led the 2023 graduating class in reciting the Wave-Maker Affirmation, a powerful declaration of self-belief and unwavering determination. She is attending UC Davis.

PERLA SEGURA (left), PATRICIA DELGADO (center), and ELIA MEJIA (right), performing baile folklórico during the 8th grade promotion ceremony.

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ALUMNI

730+

Making Waves Academy graduates since 2015

WAVE-MAKER

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT

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My time at Making Waves Academy was full of growth,” shared Juritzy Mata.

Juritzy enrolled at Making Waves Academy when she was in 5th grade and credits the school with helping her build her leadership skills as a part of student government and with setting her on an early path of exploring her college and career options.

Making Waves also gave me a community I could always count on.”

The first in her family to graduate from college, Juritzy went on from Making Waves Academy to earn her degree from Cal Poly Pomona in 2023 with scholarship and coaching support from Making Waves Education Foundation.

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My goal has always been to return to my community and recycle my success, like Making Waves taught me.”

I am excited to pursue a career that combines my passion for creative marketing and my desire to make a positive impact.”

Juritzy, who recently completed a marketing internship at Making Waves, is also excited to see her brother and three of her nephews follow in her footsteps at Making Waves Academy.

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I am truly grateful for everyone who donates to Making Waves.”

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DONORS AND SUPPORTERS LEAD DONORS John H. & Regina K. Scully Foundation John and Jessica Fullerton

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

Wayne Kelley Alicia Malet Klein and Tom Klein Jessica Laughlin Kelly Le Emalyn Lopez Elizabeth Martinez

Demetrio Barragan-Garcia

Hannah Morley

Lazaro Beltran

Jennifer Henry and Alton B. Nelson, Jr.

Leslie Blackburn Ka’Dijah Brown Joyce and David Burke Benjamin Calvert Gabrielle Campbell Antoinette and Louis Ciapponi Daniel Cohan Helen Jupiter and Matthew Cohan Judith Cunningham Diana and Ralph Davisson Darcy and Richard Deming Karla Diaz Danelle Dibble Tammy Glover and Damon Edwards John and Jessica Fullerton Patrick Gagen Angela Garay Diana and Michael Gilmore Pamela and Carter Hemming Susan and Richard Holm

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Zachary Paschall Glenn Rogers Patricia and Paul Sax

Thank you to the generous supporters of Making Waves Academy in 2022-23.

CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION SUPPORT Adobe Adobe Create Change Amazon Smile DonorsChoose Earthward Bound Foundation East Bay Community Foundation Genentech Joseph & Mercedes McMicking Foundation

Edward Schaefer

SPECIAL THANKS

Mary and John Schelling

Benevity Community Impact Fund

Caroline and Robert Schmalz

DonorsChoose

Peter and Suzannah Scully

Fidelity Charitable

Andrea and Brian Scully

J.P. Morgan Charitable Giving Fund

Bonnie Shea and Brendan McShea

Network for Good

Patrick O’Donnell and Joe Shook Samantha Smith Scott Tracy Carmen Velarde Evangelia Ward-Jackson Margaret Watson Ryan Wilsey Fund Alexander Woodward Richard Woodward Blanca Zermeno

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FINANCIALS Making Waves Academy is a tuition-free public charter school that receives local, state, and federal funding. To best meet student needs and achieve the most impact, our government funding is supplemented by charitable contributions.

2022–23 FINANCIALS Assets Long-Term Assets

$ 427,788

Total Assets

$ 15,269,756

Net Worth

$ 8,120,743

Revenue & Support Government Grants

$ 20,508,302

Contributions

$ 8,750,85

Total

$ 29,259,158

Expenses

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Personnel

$ 18,426,551

Non-Personnel

$ 4,891,298

Contract Services

$ 4,811,371

Total

$ 28,129,220

This financial information is derived from our fiscal year 2022-23 unaudited financial records. For more information, please contact Chief Financial Officer Wallace Wei at wwei@mwacademy.org.

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LEADERSHIP BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ALICIA MALET KLEIN

LAYLA NARANJO

JANIS GLOVER

DR. ESTHER HUGO

JESSICA WIND LAUGHLIN

AMY OBINYAN

President

MARGARET WATSON

Board members as of October 1, 2023

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Secretary

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM

ALTON B. NELSON, JR. Chief Executive Officer

DAMON EDWARDS Chief Technology Officer

ELIZABETH MARTINEZ Chief Operating Officer

WALLACE WEI

Chief Financial Officer

SENIOR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM

DR. TAMEKA JACKSON Principal

ERIC BECKER

Upper School Assistant Principal

KELLY LE

Director of Teacher Residency and New Teacher Development

Executive leadership and senior school leadership as of October 1, 2023

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A new mural on the Making Waves Academy campus by Rigo 23.

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