Academy

An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education or higher learning, research, or honorary membership. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece.

The original Academy

Before Akademia was a school, and even before Cimon enclosed its precincts with a wall, it contained a sacred grove of olive trees dedicated to Athena, the goddess of wisdom, outside the city walls of ancient Athens. The archaic name for the site was Hekademia, which by classical times evolved into Akademia and was explained, at least as early as the beginning of the 6th century BC, by linking it to an Athenian hero, a legendary "Akademos". The site of Akademia was sacred to Athena and other immortals.

Plato's immediate successors as "scholarch" of Akademia were Speusippus (347–339 BC), Xenocrates (339–314 BC), Polemon (314–269 BC), Crates (ca. 269–266 BC), and Arcesilaus (ca. 266–240 BC). Later scholarchs include Lacydes of Cyrene, Carneades, Clitomachus, and Philo of Larissa ("the last undisputed head of the Academy"). Other notable members of Akademia include Aristotle, Heraclides Ponticus, Eudoxus of Cnidus, Philip of Opus, Crantor, and Antiochus of Ascalon.

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Cocoa Police Chief Promotes Detective Rickford Leitch to Sergeant

Space Coast Daily 09 Feb 2025
graduated law enforcement academy at Eastern Florida State College in 2012. Cocoa Police Chief Evander Collier IV announces the promotion of Detective Rickford Leitch to the rank of sergeant, effective March 10, 2025. BREVARD COUNTY • COCOA, FLORIDA – Cocoa Police Chief Evander ......
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Hey Guernsey County: Here's what you need to know to start your week

The Daily Jeff 09 Feb 2025
County Home Road closure scheduled. CAMBRIDGE − County Home Road will be closed daily between Leatherwood Road and Sportsman Road from 7.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 13-14, for culvert replacement.Citizens Police Academy. CAMBRIDGE − The Cambridge Police Department is accepting applications for its Citizens Police Academy, which starts April 3 ... 14 ... Feb ... Feb....
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Việt Nam hopes to enhance comprehensive partnership with UAE: Deputy PM

Vietnam News 09 Feb 2025
At the meeting, the two parties reached consensus to advance cooperation in several key projects, including the UAE's investment in a youth football academy for the Hà Nội Police Football Club and agricultural investments to enhance the UAE's food security through rice cultivation in Việt Nam. — VNA/VNS. ....
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Registration opens for Hartselle Citizens Police Academy

Decatur Daily 08 Feb 2025
The Hartselle Police Department will offer a two-day Citizens Police Academy in March for citizens interested in learning more about law enforcement in the community ... ....
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From Serbia To Prospect Heights: City’s New Police Chief Takes Oath

Journal Online Chicago 08 Feb 2025
Prospect Heights Police Chief Milo Derman (center) flanked by Deputy Chief Mark Pufundt (left) and Sergeant Keith O’Connor at their swearing-in on Monday, Feb ... A Mount Prospect native, he began his law enforcement career after graduating from the Illinois State Police Academy....
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Boston Public Schools teacher arrested, on leave over alleged ‘sexual communications’

Boston Herald 08 Feb 2025
John Gavin, a 34-year-old teacher at Josiah Quincy Upper School, has been placed on leave after Brookline Police arrested him at his condo early Friday morning for allegedly exchanging explicit photos with 12- to 17-year-old girls on Discord, police said in a statement. None of the identified victims are from Massachusetts, police said....
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15 Youngstown police officers earn $50K+ in overtime

The Vindicator 08 Feb 2025
in city police department. All of these Youngstown police officers received at least $50,000 in overtime in 2024. ... Police Chief Carl Davis said ... Once a cadet graduates from the police academy and passes the city’s civil service test, he or she can be hired as patrol officers and must stay with the department for at least three years....
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Request made to look at city code

Fort Madison Daily Democrat 08 Feb 2025
Police Department. There were a few matters related to the Keokuk Police Department on the agenda for Thursday ... The first was Bruce Billings Jr., who is joining the police department ... The council also approved the hiring of Trent Rockelman as a police officer....
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Berks County attorney announces candidacy for common pleas judge

Potter Leader-Enterprise 08 Feb 2025
BERKS CO., Pa ... Lauren’s husband, Chad, a lifelong Berks County resident and graduate of Wilson School District, is a Sergeant with the West Reading Police Department. He is an active member of the Berks County Emergency Response Team as a hostage negotiator and serves as an instructor at the Reading Police Academy ... .......
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UBS banks on small-town Telangana for talent to power new Hyd tech hub

The Times of India 08 Feb 2025
Hyderabad ... 'I didn't have a job as I was preparing for police constable exams but failed to make the cut. Then I chanced upon this opportunity at the Telangana Academy for Skill and Knowledge (TASK) regional centre at Peddapalli ... ....
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Police Academy joins INTERPOL Global Academy Network

The Peninsula 07 Feb 2025
The Police Academy yesterday signed an agreement to join the INTERPOL Global Academy Network, officially becoming a member, in presence of Minister of State for Interior Affairs H E Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Faisal bin Mohammed Al Thani ... The Police Academy’s joining of the network is ......
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Family and Spouse Police Academy to be held in Cleveland

The Morning Journal 07 Feb 2025
The University Circle and Cleveland Police Departments are hosting a Family and Spouse Police Academy on four Sundays in March. These free academies will take place March 9, 16, 23 and 30, from 4 to 6 p.m ... These academies are designed to help those in the police officer’s life understand and deal with those demands....

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