- The Stargazer Academy is an online training ground for individuals of all ages It is comprised of various departments; each organized to give its users a different perspective on the resources that are available in the Library
(1) Schools that offer education at the high school level In the early 1800s, there were very few cities in the United States with high schools in the modern sense, and most Brethren of that period typically did not approve of higher education When the denominational mood began to change in the last quarter of the Nineteenth Century, some of the Brethren affiliated Colleges offered Academies during their formative years These programs were later discontinued as each college expanded their facilities and sought accreditation to pursue other goals (2) In a more contemporary setting, this term also refers to the Brethren Academy, a joint venture between the General Board Ministry Office and Bethany Theological Seminary, to establish a training school for continuing ministry It encompasses Education for a Shared Ministry, Training in Ministry, Leadership Development, Continued Education, and the Reading Program
Derived from Akademeia, the name of the garden where Plato taught his students; the term came to be applied to official (generally conservative) teaching establishments
Commonly used to denote the national school of art in 18th- and 19th-century France After 1862, the school's name became the Ècole des Beaux-Arts, and the Académie Française became the name of an official group of noted authors and artists
A place of study, the word coming from the Greek name of a garden near Athens where Plato and other philosophers held discussions from the 5th century B C to he 6th century A D The First Academy of Fine Arts was the Academy of Drawing founded in 1563 in Florence The purpose was to foster the arts by systematic teachings, exhibitions, discussion and occasionally by financial assistance