WAVE Foundation is an independent 501C3 tax exempt non-profit organization working in partnership with Newport Aquarium. WAVE and Newport Aquarium work in strategic parallel to drive WAVE’s mission to nearly 1 million Newport Aquarium visitors and to hundreds of thousands regional community members annually.
Our RAVING Fans
"100% of teachers agreed or strongly agreed that the Outreach curriculum was appropriately adapted for students’ age"
"97% of teachers surveyed were extremely satisfied with the outreach program"
"95% of teachers would recommend this program to a colleague"
“Students and families were raving about the Shark experience. I believe this will be a lasting impression in my students lives. They were even talking about becoming marine biologist in the future.”
“The students asked many questions the next day at school. Many shared discoveries they made on their own at home about sharks and snakes.”
“The students talked about it for at least a week and wanted to know when you could come back!!”