Interested in leading a course for our Summer 2025 semester? Please fill out the following application and submit to Alir@neisd.net or bring/mail your application to
NEISD Community Learning Center
Attention: ALIR Curriculum
8750 Tesoro Drive San Antonio, TX 78217
Important Dates for Summer 2025
Monday, May 5 Summer catalog released and online fee payment opens
Monday, May 12 Online Registration opens
Wed, May 28 Instructors’ meeting | Orientation for new students
Monday, June 2 First day of classes (9-weeks, 1st 6 weeks, 3 weeks A)
Monday, Jun 23 2nd 6 weeks and 3 weeks B: begins)
June 30 - July 4 No on-campus classes; NEISD closed
Monday, July 21 3rd- 3 weeks C: Classes begin
Friday August 8 End of summer term
Zoom classes are indicated in the catalog
About
Academy of Learning in Retirement
The Academy of Learning in Retirement (ALIR) began in 1989 as an extension of the University of Texas at San Antonio, with a founding vision of an all-volunteer learning academy offering a variety of intellectually stimulating classes to an over-50 crowd. Growth and space considerations necessitated a move from ALIR’s initial home at the Institute of Texan Cultures; happily, the North East Independent School District (NEISD) welcomed ALIR to its Community Education Department in the spring of 2006. In 2020, as a 501(c)(3) corporation, ALIR had a student body of more than 650 senior San Antonians when the COVID-19 pandemic challenged it to begin offering courses online. Although now fully back to a curriculum of in-person classes, ALIR continues to offer Zoom-based, online classes to those who are limited in mobility as well as those who prefer online learning.
Mission Statement
Through volunteerism, the Academy of Learning in Retirement (ALIR), believing in lifelong learning, recognizes and utilizes its members’ wealth of experience and abilities to achieve educational stimulation in the arts, history, literature, languages, and sciences.
