Calling All Kindles!
Have a gently used Kindle that you’re no longer using?
Please send it our way and we’ll gladly find it a loving new home with an Akilah student! Kindles are a tremendous help to our students, significantly impacting the way we teach, learn, andspend money, on campus.
A key component of Akilah’s success metrics is developing tech-literate students. By using Kindles daily, Akilah students become comfortable with technology and can continue their studies outside the classroom.
Our primary need is for new, or gently used, Kindle Fires. We can also benefit from iPads or other e-readers. Please only consider equipment in good working condition and deregister your account before sending.
Akilah’s goal is to provide 150 new or gently used Kindles to our incoming class of students.
Purchase a new Kindle Fire for $49.99 here, make a donation to cover the costs of a new Kindle, or send your used Kindle here:
195 Plymouth Street, Suite 2/4
Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA
Questions? Call 917–719–3110 or email merrin@akilahinstitute.org
A recent campus survey showed that Kindles have a profoundly positive impact on students’ learning experience. Kindles have many benefits for Akilah students:
Usage of applications to advance English skills
Lightweight, no carrying heavy textbooks to and from school
Allow students to study at night without electricity
They cut our costs (shipping, printing), and help the environment!
Our teaching staff benefit from using Kindles for research and lesson planning.
“It makes reading materials ready for me anytime I wish to review what I covered the day before or read what I am going to deliver to my students the next morning. I use the Kindle as a teaching aid with some videos that students could be given sometimes in advance, so that they have an idea about whatever we are going to cover the next day.”
Since we don’t have enough Kindles for every student, we are currently rotating them among students according to their class. Our goal is provide every Akilah student with a Kindle to enhance her educational experience.
Thank you for your support!