Snapology STEM education center opens at Samanea Mall
The interior walls of the new Snapology at the Samanea Mall in Westbury look like they belong to a castle created in a Minecraft video game.
That’s appropriate because the new education and entertainment center focuses on teaching children STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — through play with Lego blocks, XP League video game competitions, robotics teams and more.
Snapology is a franchise; this is the first brick-and-mortar location on Long Island. Husband-and-wife owners Paul Bodycomb and Nancy Setzler of Seaford have been on more than 100 school visits with their Snapology mobile STEM bus since 2017. “This is our next step,” Bodycomb says.
The location will offer after-school programs, birthday parties and summer camps. It will also include an XP League esports team; both Snapology and XP League are owned by the umbrella company Unleashed Brands.
Here's some of what to expect at Snapology, which had its grand opening June 24:
Snapology
WHEN | WHERE Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 1 to 9 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., check website for open play hours during those days; upstairs at the Samanea Mall, 1500 Old Country Rd., Westbury
COST Price for classes and monthly memberships vary by class, age and number of children.
INFO 516-785-0080, snapology.com, westbury.xpl.gg
Beth Whitehouse writes about families, parenting and great things to do with the kids on Long Island. She’s been a Newsday editor and shared a 1997 Newsday staff Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the crash of TWA Flight 800.
