Announcements
Scobee Education Center Announcements
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.
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, 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 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.
https://tinyurl.com/ArtemisAcademy25
Only one spot remain on the Artemis Academy crew. If you are considering this program, now is the itme to secure your child's place.
Fiesta de la Tierra: Family Micronaut Mission
On Saturday, April 26, 2025 from 10:00am to 11:45am the 2nd annual Fiesta Micronaut Family Mission will launch from the Santikos Micronaut Center at the San Antonio College.
Investigate rocks and minerals, sort once living and non-living objects, pedal a bicycle to generate electricity, and shape the topography of a new world as just a few of the activities in this special mission to explore our world.
Tickets are $65 for an adult and child of 1st through 3rd grades. An additional 1st through 3rd grade child or another adult may be added for an additional $20 fee. Included with your 90-minute mission are the tickets to a simulated launch to the international space station, the mission activities, and a smail Fiesta party favor.
Only 12 families can join this crew! Purchase your tickets today. Go to: https://tinyurl.com/MICROFiesta
Calling Public School Classroom Teachers
On May 9th from 5:30-7:30p.m. the Scobee Challenger Learning Center team will be flying 34 teachers on the newly revisioned "Earth Odyssey" mission designed for the middle grades. For this special "Educator Only" mission, we have acquired a grant from The Boeing Company to make this opportunity available at no cost to our teacher crew members.
While the mission is designed for the middle grades, this catered event is open to K-8th grade classroom teachers. Space may be endless, but the spaces in this program are limited. Register today at
https://forms.office.com/r/CYiczhgSpG
2025 Scobee Teachers' Academy
This free, catered, four-day, professional development experience will provide hands-on activities provided by the Scobee staff and area professionals from The Boeing Company to provide insights and engaging, simple to deliver hands-on activities that will inspire science, technology, engineering, and mathematics career pathways for your students. Following their experience, participants will be expected to provide mini workshops at their respective schools to help spread the information learned within their school community to create a broader impact on students.
In addition to the teacher kits and activity resources, each teacher will be provided with the pre-mission training materials to register their classes for Challenger Learning Center and Santikos Micronaut Center simulated space missions. Success proven center field trip logistics and pre-mission activities specific to these missions and their related planetarium programs will be provided. Teachers authorized to schedule these trips will be permitted to do so for dates in September and October of 2025 ahead of most classes registering for the new school year.
This experience is limited to 40 teachers. Participants completing the four-day program will receive 24 CPE Hours.
If you are interested in this unique opportunity, share with a colleague, and register by going to the following web site:
https://forms.office.com/r/G2A2bZe3yS
Summer Camp Programs at SAC through the YMCA
The YMCA is planning to open a summer camp program for at least 35 campers between the ages of 5 - 13 at San Antonio College.
Through a grant from the Najim Charitable Foundation, Scobee plans to work with the YMCA camps to provide Challenger or Micronaut missions to enhance their programming.
For more information on how to sign your camper up at SAC, reach out to the Y at registrations@ymcasatx.org or calling 210-924-2277. Financial assitance may be available. You may also visit their web site at ymcasatx.org/summer
Planetarium Announcements
Come by Friday nights at 6 p.m. when the doors to the center open for public planetarium programs. Planetarium 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, April 4, 11, & 25th, 2025.
The Scobee Planetarium programs for 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.