Akorn working with Community

Akorn Education provides benefits to the community in various ways. First and foremost, we empower learners to ideate and implement positive change. Secondly, Akorn engage the local community and provide real and rich learning challenges to students. The ideas that students generate and prototype benefit the community, as well the increase of awarness and appreciation of the world that students are stepping into.

Furthermore, Akorn Education serves as a catalyst for fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation within the community. By encouraging learners to think critically and creatively, Akorn is not only shaping the minds of individuals but also contributing to the collective growth and progress of society. Through partnerships and outreach programs, Akorn Education continues to bridge the gap between education and action, inspiring a new generation of changemakers who are equipped to address the challenges of tomorrow with resilience and compassion.

Through the Engineering Students @ Work and the Science Students @ Work programs teams of students from various schools have worked on projects resulting in products that meet community needs.

‘Sharing the Journey to Healing’ is a booklet designed for the KIDs Foundation (www.kidsfoundation.org.au) to provide adolescent burn survivors a guide to journey they will embark on during their healing process. The diary is distributed through KIDS and many hospitals…

The ‘iThing’ – designed at the request of SCOPE provides an enrichment activity to encourage motor skill use – which was used by SCOPE Lilydale.

To meet various needs for students at the Diamond Valley Special Developmental School’, students have designed and created both the Crossing Trainer and the programmable ‘iTed’. Some of our Extended programs have year 9 students designing learning engagement equipment for students at for Sunshine Special Developmental School.