Free open class

Give them a camera. Thursday at noon.

A free one-hour live class for kids 9–16, taught by Ale and Italo on Zoom. A phone or a camera — whichever they have is enough. They leave with one mission to go shoot that afternoon.

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The next Thursday class · 12:00 PM ET · 60 minutes
The whole thing in one box

No forms to print. Just show up.

When
The next Thursday
12:00 PM ET
How long
60 minutes
Who it's for
Kids 9–16
What it costs
Free
No card needed
Where
Live on Zoom
Gear needed
A phone
or a camera
What happens in those 60 minutes

Short, live, and then they go shoot.

We look at real pictures

One or two photographs, pulled apart out loud. Why your eye goes where it goes, and what the photographer did on purpose.

One idea, taught plainly

Light, framing, or timing — one thing, explained the way you'd explain it to a friend. No jargon, no lecture.

They get a mission

A small assignment they can shoot that same afternoon, at home or in the yard, with the phone or camera they already have.

Bring it back

Their work gets looked at kindly and honestly. That's the part that makes a kid keep going.

For the kid reading over a shoulder

You already have a camera. Let's use it.

  • Thursday at noon you show up, and we take pictures apart together.
  • You get one thing to go shoot — outside, in your room, wherever you are.
  • You bring it back and we look at it. Your real picture, not a worksheet.
  • A phone or a camera — whichever you have works. A real camera is recommended; if it needs to wait, that’s totally OK.
Italo and Ale, the founders of Acromatico, in Patagonia
Who is teaching

Ale and Italo — they teach it themselves.

They teach every class themselves. Italo shoots for a living, and Ale, his wife and Acromatico co-founder, built Scool with him — the class they wished existed for their own boys: short, live, and about making real pictures instead of watching someone else make them.

Save a spot

Tell us who's coming and the link is yours.

Two fields and an age. The Zoom link shows up on this page the second you're done — you can join from it Thursday.

Free. No card, nothing to cancel. We'll only contact you about S’Cool.

Spot saved

You’re in. See you Thursday.

We just emailed you this link too — check your inbox. It’s the same classroom every class, so bookmark it once and you’re done. Open it Thursday at 12:00 PM ET.

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85249527204?pwd=Lkbbb4sSbtoDzcvF3RxB8FhbJ8nPWU.1
Open the classroom
Meeting ID 852 4952 7204 · passcode is already in the link

Curious what comes after the free class? See the two S’Cool classes on the full S’Cool page.

Questions parents actually ask

Straight answers.

Does my kid need a real camera?

A phone or a camera — either one works. A phone is genuinely enough, and a lot of the class is taught that way on purpose. If there's a camera in the house, bring that instead.

Is it really free?

Yes. This class costs nothing, there's no card to enter, and there's nothing to cancel afterward.

Do I need a Zoom account?

No. Open the link and it will let you in. The passcode is already built into the link, so nobody has to type one.

Does my kid have to be on camera?

No. They can keep their camera off and still take part. Plenty of kids listen the first time and speak up the second.

What if we can't make Thursday?

Sign up anyway. Classes run Thursdays at 12:00 PM ET and Mondays at 3:00 PM ET, and the link above is the same one every time.

What happens after the free class?

Nothing automatic. If your kid loves it, the S’Cool classes is $100 a month per class ($160 for both) for founding families, then $125 and $200. You don't have to decide anything on Thursday — have a look at the full Scool page whenever you want.

Why not just watch free videos online?

Because a video never looks back. The point here is that Ale and Italo see your kid's actual picture and tell them something true about it.

Thu · 12:00 PM ET · Free
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