Announcements
Scobee Education Center Announcements
Spring Break Closure & Lunar Eclipse Viewing
The Scobee Education Center will be closed with the Alamo Colleges District from Saturday, March 8th through Sunday, March 16th. There will be no public programs on Friday, March 14th.
During the break there will be a Total Lunar Eclipse that begins at 10:00pm on Thursday, March 13th and ends at 5:00am on Friday March 14th.. The Society of Physics Students from San Antonio College will host a viewing party on the top of Garage #1 located off of 1819 N. Main Ave. You may park in lot 16 or on the lower floors of the garage at no cost.
Registration for 2025 Academic School Year and Summer Programs
The Scobee Planetarium, Challenger Learning Center and Santikos Micronaut Center programs are aligned to the Texas TEKS for integration into teachers' regular curriculum requirements. Classroom teachers or curriculum leaders for schools will be required to complete a registration form with the approval of their administrators to secure program dates and times. The fees for these programs have been held constant through our ten years of operation and we have sought out funders to provide limited classroom scholarships to help students and teachers benefit from these unique experiences.
Classroom program scholarships:
A few SAWS scholarships for Micronaut missions are still available, if your K-3rd grade class is in a school that is a SAWS customer.
We have received the Najim Charitable Foundation scholarship for TEA qualified Title I schools to also obtain classroom funding for Challenger, Micronaut and Scobee planetarium program combinations. Our scheduling specialist, Lynn Linkes, can provide more information as your classes submit registrations. Title I schools receiving these scholarships must be from the following counties: Bexar, Atascosa, Bandera, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Kerr, Medina, or Wilson.
There are very limited times and dates still available for this school year with more flexibility for summer programming.
The 2024-25 registration forms and program descriptions are available for download through the related sections of this web site for the Scobee Planetarium, Challenger Learning Center, and Santikos Micronaut Center. Teachers, administrators, and district curriculum specialists may also email sac-scobeectr@alamo.edu or call 210-486-0100 for more information.
Teacher pre-mission workshop If a teacher's class has been scheduled for either a Challenger or Micronaut mission and you missed the pre-mission training, call or email Mariana Zoll at mzoll3@alamo.edu
3rd Annual City of San Antonio Head Start Family Day
The 3rd annual Head Start Family Day was a great success with more than 400 guests in attendance. A big "Thank you" to all of the community partners who made the event inspirational for our future STEAM professionals. We are already planning for the 4th annual event to be held on Saturday, February 28th, 2026.
The Artemis Academy Summer Camp
The Artemis Academy is a coed summer camp for rising 5th, 6th and 7th graders who will be in middle school in the fall of 2025. This unique summer camp is a two-phase STEM program that begins with three afterschool virtual STEM club meetings on Wednesday, March 26th, April 23rd, and May 28th. Each of these programs will introduce our campers to exceptional STEM professionals from the Astra Femina organization who will share insights into their respective professions and emphasize the skills needed to be successful in their careers. The virtual speaker for March 26th will be Sr. Program Director for the International Space Station, Dr. Liz Warren.
The weeklong in-person summer camp will take place July 14th through July 18th, 2025, from 9:00am to 4:00pm at the Scobee Education Center at San Antonio College. In addition to Challenger mission and planetarium programs, hands-on, engaging activities that are designed to promote problem-solving, and teamwork will be presented by Scobee’s team of educators and special guests.
This camp is sponsored, in part, by AFCEA to reduce the $50 fees required for attendance. The Marketplace site for registration is now open and more than 50% filled.
https://tinyurl.com/ArtemisAcademy25
ONLY 28 spots are made available for this camp.
Planetarium Announcements
Come by Friday nights at 6 p.m. when the doors to the center open for public planetarium programs. Tickets are available online one week in advance and may be purchased through the Planetarium and Observatory link on this web site. Tickets are also available through the Lackey Camper-Casper Ticket Booth in the center after the doors open at 6 p.m.
Tickets are available through our online one week prior for Friday night shows.
Scobee Planetarium Programs for Fridays in March and April 2025.
The Scobee Planetarium programs for March & April 2025 will be:
6:30 p.m. – “Max Goes to the Moon" 40 minutes– This is our family show. All ages may attend.
8:00pm - Sky Tonight Live 40-50 minutes – Children must be 6 and above to attend. This program tends to sell out online before the doors open.
9:30pm - “Dynamic Earth" & Forward to the Moon" 60 minutes – Children must be 6 and above to attend.
The Scalan Observatory viewing groups occur, weather permitting, at 9:30 and 10:30pm.. $3 per person tickets are only available in-person at our ticket booth on site and are limited in number to a first come first served basis.
The Spring 2025 term slate of programs is available through the Scobee Planetarium page on this web site.