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Bookkeeping Foundations
6 weeks · Tue & Thu evenings · in studio or live online
Double-entry basics, chart of accounts, reconciliations, month-end close and how to hand a clean file to a CPA in April.
$545
Kerrville, Texas · Established 2016
Practical office skills, taught in small groups on Parrish Avenue.
Keystone Arch Learning Co. is an independent adult-learning studio run by Jodie Briganti. We teach bookkeeping, spreadsheets, payroll and everyday digital skills to Hill Country adults who need a real, usable result — a better job, a tidier set of books, or the nerve to run their own shop.
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Bookkeeping FoundationsQuickBooks OnlineExcel & Google Sheets
Payroll & Texas ComplianceFront Office SkillsRetail Inventory
Career Returner ProgramSmall Business Operations Certificate
Bookkeeping FoundationsQuickBooks OnlineExcel & Google Sheets
Payroll & Texas ComplianceFront Office SkillsRetail Inventory
Career Returner ProgramSmall Business Operations Certificate
Why people come here
A classroom, not a video library.
Most of our students tried an online course first and stalled somewhere around week two. What they were missing wasn't content — it was somebody to look over their shoulder and say “that column is text, not a number, that's why it won't add up.”
Every session at Keystone Arch is taught live by a working practitioner, capped at twelve seats, and built around your own files whenever you're allowed to bring them. If you own a shop on Water Street, you'll leave the QuickBooks course with your shop's books set up, not a demo company.
- Twelve seats maximum — questions get answered the same evening
- Every class recorded for enrolled students for 90 days
- Bring your own laptop, or borrow one of our nine studio machines
- Sliding-scale tuition for career returners and veterans' spouses
- No subscriptions, no upsells, no “masterclass” nonsense
Programs
Eight courses, each one finishing with something you can show an employer.
Tuition below is the full price and includes materials, the recording archive and one follow-up clinic. Payment plans are interest-free over the length of the course.
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Spreadsheets That Do the Work
4 weeks · Wed evenings · Excel and Google Sheets
Lookups, pivot tables, named ranges, conditional formats and the five formulas that replace most manual re-typing.
$395
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QuickBooks Online for Small Shops
5 weeks · Mon evenings · hands-on sandbox company
Set-up, bank feeds, invoicing, sales tax for Texas sellers, 1099 vendors and reports owners can actually read.
$495
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Payroll & Texas Compliance Basics
3 weeks · Saturday mornings
W-4s, I-9s, TWC unemployment filings, contractor vs. employee, recordkeeping and the calendar of due dates.
$340
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Front Office & Customer Communication
4 weeks · Tue mornings
Phone and email standards, scheduling systems, difficult conversations, and writing that gets replies.
$310
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Digital Essentials for Career Returners
5 weeks · Thu mornings · sliding scale available
File management, cloud drives, video calls, password hygiene and the confidence to sit any office computer test.
$260
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Inventory & Point-of-Sale for Retail
3 weeks · Wed mornings
Counting methods, shrinkage, reorder points, POS reporting and reconciling the register to the bank.
$325
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Certificate Track: Small Business Operations
16 weeks · two evenings a week · capstone project
Our full sequence: bookkeeping, spreadsheets, QuickBooks, payroll and operations, ending with a portfolio review.
$1,880
How enrolment works
Four steps, about ten minutes of paperwork.
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Talk it through
Call 830-889-3387 or send the enquiry form. Jodie or Rosalie will ask what you're trying to end up with.
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Sit a short placement
A 15-minute, no-pressure check so we put you in the right room. Free, and never used for anything else.
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Reserve your seat
A $75 deposit holds the seat; the balance is due on the first evening or split across the term.
4
Start & stay supported
Weekly class, a private group chat, and open clinic hours on the first Saturday of every month.
In their words
What students told us at the end of the last term.
“I run a two-truck landscaping outfit. I came in with a shoebox and left with books my accountant described as ‘genuinely tidy’. That's the first compliment he's paid me in nine years.”
“After eleven years at home I was terrified of a spreadsheet. Six weeks later I passed the Excel test for a front-office job at a clinic on Sidney Baker. The class size is what did it.”
“I've taken corporate training that cost ten times as much and taught a tenth as much. Jodie teaches like somebody who has actually closed a month under pressure.”
Who we teach
Hill Country adults with a specific problem to solve.
Roughly a third of our students own or help run a small business. Another third are returning to work after raising children or caring for a parent. The rest are already employed and want the promotion that keeps going to the person who knows the software.
Owners
Shops, trades & ranch businesses
Get the books, payroll and sales-tax calendar under control before they get out of hand.
Returners
Back to work after a break
Rebuild computer confidence in a room where nobody is going to sigh at your question.
Employees
Already working, want to move up
Evening classes that fit around a shift, with a certificate for the personnel file.
Teams
Employer-sponsored groups
Book a private cohort for four or more staff, on site or at the studio, invoiced net 30.
Questions we get first
Quick answers
Do I need any experience?
No. Six of our eight programs assume you can turn a laptop on and nothing further. The placement chat exists so nobody ends up in the wrong room.
Are the classes in person or online?
Both. Most courses run as a hybrid: come to Parrish Avenue or join the same live session over video. Recordings are posted within 24 hours for enrolled students.
Is this accredited?
Keystone Arch is a private continuing-education provider, not a degree-granting college. We issue our own certificate of completion, which is recognised by local employers but is not a state or federal credential. We say so plainly rather than implying otherwise.
What if I have to miss a week?
Watch the recording, then bring your questions to the monthly clinic. Miss more than three of six sessions and we'll roll you into the next cohort at no charge.
Next intake
Spring cohorts open now — twelve seats each.
Call the front desk on 830-889-3387, email webmaster@education.acaimagia013.com, or drop into 4046 Parrish Avenue, Kerrville, TX 78028 between 8:30 and 5:30 on a weekday.
Locally owned12-seat classes
Interest-free plansSliding scale
Recordings for 90 days