New Jersey - Ma'ayanot High School

Overview

The Build a Better Book Teen Internship at Ma'ayanot High ran the course of the 2024-2025 school year and included high school students working in teams to fabricate accessible products for community clients. Ma'ayanot High continues to run this program as part of their curriculum. TVIs from partner organizations provide client profiles and project ideas for intern design projects. Client profiles typically include pre-school/kindergarten children with cortical visual impairment (CVI) and mobility challenges, as well as middle and high school students with blindness and low vision. Working in teams of 2-4 students, interns collaborate with their community client to design, fabricate, test and improve an accessible product that can be shared with the client at the end of the program.