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The Lyceum was named for the Greek god Apollo Lyceus. Initially a sanctuary made for worshiping Lyceus, it later became a public exercise area, with a gymnasium being constructed later on. It is unknown when this worship was introduced to Athens or when the Lyceum became the sanctuary. The Lyceum was located outside and east of Athens's city wall.
The first American lyceum, "Millbury Branch Number 1 of the American Lyceum," was founded by Josiah Holbrook in 1826. Holbrook was a traveling lecturer and teacher who believed that education was a lifelong experience, and intended to create a National American Lyceum organization that would oversee this method of teaching. Other educators ...
The first Lyceum in Riga was founded in 1675 by the king Charles XI of Sweden (in Latin, Schola Carolina), and was renamed to the Imperial Lyceum of Riga (in German, Kaiserliches Lyceum zu Riga) in 1733. In September 1921, the Riga French Lycée, an upper secondary school supported by the Government of France was founded in Riga.
Josiah Holbrook (June 17, 1788 – June 20, 1854) was the initiator and organizer of the lyceum movement in the United States. He formed the first industrial school in the country in 1819, organized the first lyceum school in the country in 1826 and inspired the foundation of the American Lyceum Association, the first national education association.
From 2017 to 2019, Area9 Lyceum was named a top training company, in the authoring-tools category, by Industry Training. [12] [13]In 2018, Area9 Lyceum won silver, in the category of "best advance in software for a training company," at the Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology awards.
[3] [4] In 2001, the lyceum was awarded a diploma of the Golden Fortune International Open Rating of popularity and quality. In 2003, the lyceum was awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. On 25 July 2005, by order of the head of the Main Directorate of Education and Science of the Kyiv City Council, No. 196, it was ...
Lyceum of the Philippines University was founded in 1952 by José P. Laurel, who became the third president of the Philippines, making LPU the only school founded by a Philippine president. [2] He named the institution after lykeion , the grove in ancient Athens where Aristotle taught his pupils.
A Royal Commission established in 1906 presented a reform plan [4] that included, among other things, three five-year high schools: . the liceo classico ("classical lyceum"), which was based on the then existing liceo – established by the Casati law – and was characterized by the teaching of classical languages (Ancient Greek and Latin, from which is based the Italian language); allowed ...