Interested in leading a course for our Spring 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 Spring 2025
Monday, Jan 6 Online payment opens for Spring; you must pay before registering
Monday, Jan 13 Registration for classes opens; ongoing throughout the Spring
Wed, Jan 22 Instructors’ meeting | Orientation for new students
Monday, Jan 27 First day of classes
Tuesday, Feb 18 First luncheon
Week March 10-14 Spring Break. No on-campus classes; NEISD closed
Monday, March 17 First day of 2nd 6-weeks classes
Wed, March 19 Second luncheon
Tuesday, April 15 Third luncheon: High School Scholarships Awards
Wed, April 23 Art Exhibition and Performing Arts Demonstrations
Friday, April 25 End of Spring 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.
