Summer Courses

Formation continues, even when classes pause.

Online extracurricular courses for the student who wants to go deeper into what they love — calligraphy, sacred music, and prompt engineering — even when the school year takes a break. Enrollment per cohort; spots limited to those who want to be there.

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Why summer courses

The school calendar is only one rhythm of life. Formation has another.

Classical pedagogy never treated study as an obligation to finish. It treated it as a habit of the soul, as contemplation, as a way of inhabiting the world. In that model, the school break does not interrupt formation — it deepens it. Here the student returns to what they most love to study and discovers that, free from the schedule, learning takes on another texture.

i. Writing · Tradition

Sacred Calligraphy.

For centuries, the Church preserved the Sacred Scriptures in the pen of monastic copyists. Today, in the age of the infinite screen, the gesture of the handwritten letter recovers what the keyboard does not give back: patience, precision, and presence before the word. To learn calligraphy is to learn to stand — slowly, attentively, reverently — before that which deserves to be written with beauty.

For the younger ones

Introduction to calligraphy: posture, breath, stroke, ductus. The foundation of handwriting as a daily practice.

For the older ones · ages 10 and up

Advanced calligraphy and page decoration — initials, capitals, ornaments. The student moves from the correct gesture to the composition of the whole page as an object of beauty.

Program

1 live class (1h) — theoretical foundations, letter anatomy, proportion and angle rules
16 recorded lessons (15-20 min each) — lowercase, uppercase, numbers, symbols, and layout
Medieval illuminations — 7 sessions of 1h30 covering capitals, ornamented borders, color, outline, and the final scriptorium
Materials: nib pen, ink, watercolor pencils, gold gel pen

About the teacher

Prof. Fátima González

Undergraduate in Portuguese Language and Literature at Centro Universitário Ítalo. Taught Portuguese, Latin, and Arts at Colégio São Paulo Apóstolo (2023-2025). Began her training in Sacred Calligraphy in 2019 with Sister Gimena in Paraguay, and continues as an independent researcher of medieval manuscripts and codices.

Teacher Prof. Fátima González

Format Online · live

Investment R$ 300 per student

Dates July 1 to July 31

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ii. Technology · Discernment

Prompt Engineering.

Don't be a slave to AI — be a commander of it.

Artificial intelligence will be the most-used instrument of your child's generation. Those who learn to command it early receive a multiplier of intelligence; those who do not, receive a crutch. Here we train discernment, precision of question, and critical judgment — classical virtues applied to the newest technology. The Trivium does not age; it learns new languages.

For adolescents · ages 14 and up

Single cohort, two live sessions per week, sixty hours of formation. The student learns to structure questions, to judge responses, to use AI as an instrument of research and study — never as a substitute for his own reasoning.

Program · 32h over 3 weeks

Week 1 — Foundations and Awareness: history of technology and AI, Catholic anthropology (intelligence vs. processing), objective truth vs. digital relativism, how the models actually work.
Week 2 — Technical Mastery: AI errors and hallucinations, basic prompt engineering (context, task, format, constraints) and advanced patterns (layering, chain of reasoning, persona).
Week 3 — Leadership and Defense: ethics and the formation of the will, AI applied to study and vocation, oral presentation (classical rhetoric) and critical defense of the final project.

Teaching team

Edmilson Cruz — founder of Acutis Academy. Leads the history of AI, from Alan Turing to generative models.
Padre Rodrigo Gurgel — Catholic anthropology, truth and knowledge, and AI applied to real life, studies, and vocation.
Gabriel Augusto — crisis and opportunity, prompts for study and problem-solving, ethics and responsibility.
Bruno Scoti — how AI works (LLMs, tokens, prediction), structural errors, and prompt engineering.

Team Edmilson Cruz · Padre Rodrigo Gurgel · Gabriel Augusto · Bruno Scoti

Format Online · live · 2h/week · 60h total

Investment R$ 500 per student

Dates July 1 to July 31

Certification Certificate valid for the K-12 transcript

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iii. Liturgy · Sacred Music

Singing for Memorizing the Psalms.

He who sings prays twice, wrote Saint Augustine. To memorize the Psalms through singing is to enter the prayer the Church has prayed for two thousand years — the same prayer Christ prayed in the Temple. Here your child learns the prosody, rhythm, and harmony that turn the sacred text into nourishment of the soul — and carries from Acutis into the home the voice of the liturgy.

For the younger ones

Prosody, rhythm, and tempo. The musical foundation for singing the sacred text with clarity, prayer, and attention to the word.

For the older ones · ages 10 and up

Prosody, rhythm, tempo, and harmony for singing the Psalms. The student enters the tradition of Gregorian chant and brings home the voice of the Liturgy of the Hours.

Program

Musical foundations: prosody, rhythm, tempo, and breathing applied to the sacred text
Plainchant and liturgical tradition: introduction to Gregorian chant and the voice the Church has used for two thousand years
Memorizing the Psalms through song: progressive repertoire, harmony, and living prayer
Liturgy of the Hours at home: the student carries the practice into daily devotional life

About the teacher

Prof. Octávio Amaral Machado

Bachelor's in Music from the Federal University of Pelotas (2024) and certified Piano and Music Theory teacher by the Conservatório Vicente Pablo of Montevideo, Uruguay (2019). Serves as Kapellmeister of the Coral da Paróquia Nossa Senhora do Carmo (Rio Grande, RS), preparing Catholic liturgical music, and holds specialized training in Gregorian Chant and classical vocal music.

Teacher Prof. Octávio Amaral Machado

Format Online · live

Investment R$ 500 per student

Dates July 1 to July 31

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How to reserve

Three simple steps to the first class.

No bureaucracy, no interview, no advance commitment. The reservation is confirmed once the cohort fills.

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Fill out the form

Indicate the course, the cohort (younger or older), and the student's information. A few minutes, at the pace of your morning coffee.

Confirmation

Our team reaches out

We confirm the spot, send the payment link and the calendar of live classes. No pressure, no automatic billing.

Access

Acutis platform unlocked

On the first day of the course, the student receives access to the platform with live classes, recordings, and supporting materials.

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Keep going deeper — at the pace of the break.

Enrollment is now open for all three courses. Choose the course you want and complete the reservation through the payment link — seats are limited per cohort.

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