Academies

In Tears of the Fallen, there are 2 major academies located in the regions, along with one unofficial academy. Some main characters have already graduated from the academies, while some never attended one.

General
Academies are the main method of schooling for younger people of the world. Schooling isn't that focused on in the story, though, due to most characters already having graduated from the academies. There isn't a college mentioned in the story, meaning academies are the primary form of education. One academy is located in Sinnoh, while the other is in Kalos.

Academies last for 4 years. Each academy year begins in September and ends in June. Students generally enroll in them at age 15 (or the year when they later turn 15) and graduate by age 18 or 19, depending on if they were 14 or 15 when they started.

While attending the academies, students who don't live near the school generally stay in apartments, particularly one apartment building that's near the school, specifically meant for students. Students stay with one other student roommate. The two roommates can choose to room with each other, or one is chosen for them randomly if they didn't pick one. Alternatively, if they move close to the school, they can stay in other housing with parents or other older family members. Another option is to commute back and forth to the city for school if they choose to and if they don't live too far away. The primary apartment focused on in the story is PokéLife Apartments, located in Sinnoh, while the one in Kalos hasn't been featured in the series.

As far as staffing, numbers aren't incredibly large for academy attendance, so only one instructor per year of students is assigned to each academy, equaling 4 instructors per academy, with class sizes equivalent to that of an average college class. The classes cover all topics in curricula. No information is available for instructors, other than that there is one male instructor for the 4th-year students at Sinnoh Academy and one female instructor for the 4th-year students at Kalos Academy.

Completion of an academy is necessary to gain key jobs later in life. This is how to maintain a proper income and afford various things in the world, while jobs available with no academy instruction have generally lower salaries and aren't as financially secure. The only exception is the job of a Pokémon Professor. Academy completion isn't necessary to become a Professor. Instead, a separate, rigorous training program is set in place for this, along with partcular prior knowledge and skills required, depending on which field the Professor position would focus on. While academy completion isn't necessary, it does help the process.

Sinnoh Academy
Sinnoh Academy is located in Jubilife City in the Sinnoh region. It attracts a moderate amount of people to it from other regions who can, in turn, experience more of Sinnohan life.

Main characters who attended this academy include Dawn Toyoguchi, Barry Suzuki, Zoey Williams, and Paul Fields.

Students who attend this academy generally stay in PokéLife Apartments, located a couple of blocks from the school.

Present
Not much has happened with Sinnoh Academy other than what happened in the beginning. In Episode 1, after the academy let out for the summer break that was occurring at the time, Dawn was behind the academy being yelled at by Misty, Iris, and Ursula, 3 of Dawn's bullies from the academy. They were demanding Dawn to pay them money to help them with the Tekiyoku taxes. This has been going on for some time at the academy. Dawn didn't have the money, so the 3 girls beat Dawn up pretty severely.

A while later, Ash approaches the academy, marveling at the building since he never attended. While walking around the building, he heard crying and came across Dawn, who was still there from earlier. Upon asking what was wrong, Dawn didn't tell him. Ash introduced himself and made friends with her, making her smile. He agreed to walk her home and see her again.

Throughout the next few episodes before Ash left Sinnoh, Dawn kept having to return to the academy to speak to the 3 bullies. If she didn't do this, they would come to Dawn's house and beat her up there, since they know where she lives and know when her mom is away at work. Dawn and her mother were struggling with money to keep up with their own taxes, so Dawn still didn't have the money on any of these encounters. She would then get beaten up each time, worse and worse. They'd leave Dawn there lying by the academy, crying. She was afraid to tell all of this to Ash.

In Episode 31, during a flashback, Barry remembered a moment from 3 years ago, when Paul was still friends with him and Zoey. At the academy, a math exam was approaching. Zoey wanted Paul to come to her room at PokéLife Apartments to study with her and Barry. Paul refused, saying he'll likely fail anyway. After doing something nice for him, specifically Barry and Zoey getting him a certain ice cream bar he loved getting from a recently closed down Hailey's, Paul ended up agreeing to come with them after all.

List of Students Who Attended
This is a list of students revealed in the series who attended the academy. It mainly shows those who recently graduated and not really students in other years of the academy, like first-years, etc. Everyone on the list is a recent graduate from the time the series started, unless otherwise stated.
 * Dawn Toyoguchi
 * Barry Suzuki
 * Zoey Williams
 * Paul Fields
 * Misty Iizuka
 * Iris Yabusaki
 * Ursula McCarthy
 * Tracey Sketchit
 * Gary Oak
 * Bianca Sands
 * Lyra Nakajima

Kalos Academy
Kalos Academy is located in Lumiose City in the Kalos region. It attracts a moderate amount of people to it from other regions who can, in turn, experience more of Kalosian life.

The only main character who has attended this academy is Kenny Hudson.

The apartment that students stay at is currently not featured in the series. It's best assumed that it functions the same as PokéLife Apartments.

Present
Kalos Academy has not been featured in the series as of now. The only thing notable is that Kenny mentioned that he attended this academy due to him preferring to explore a region outside of Sinnoh for a change. He wasn't in the same class year as most of the other characters, though, and had another year to go even after everyone else graduated. This prevented him from fully being able to stay with the Mokusetsu at first, as he needed to leave in September for his final year.

List of Students Who Attended
This is a list of students revealed in the series who attended the academy. It mainly shows those who recently graduated and not really students in other years of the academy, like first-years, etc. Everyone on the list is a recent graduate from the time the series started, unless otherwise stated.
 * Kenny Hudson (still attending)
 * Lillie Hidaka
 * Mallow Nawahine
 * Lana 'Opunui
 * Kiawe Miliani
 * Shauna Summers
 * Korrina Terasaki
 * Miette Berryhill
 * Casey Saunders
 * Sanpei Uyeno
 * Clemont Kaji
 * Tierno Rikimaru
 * Trevor Suguro
 * May Taylor
 * Drew Rogers

Alola Academy
There's an unofficial academy located in Hau'oli City on Melemele Island in the Alola region. This academy only runs in the summertime, when the two main academies are on break. The purpose of this academy is to provide additional specific Alolan knowledge that can't otherwise be taught in the two main academies, Kalos Academy and Sinnoh Academy. With Alolan culture being so vastly different, this academy is beneficial.

The academy is run by Professor Kukui, who is also the main professor of the region. He fixed up the classroom inside of an old auditorium building. Kukui is passionate about this academy, but since it's unofficial, taking part in it won't count towards one's education requirements. Therefore, attendance is low. Only truly dedicated students take place in it due to their trust in Kukui.

Present
Alain, Ash, and Dawn arrived at this academy in Episode 30. Alain contacted Professor Kukui before arriving here. The plan was to go here to speak to Kukui and try to recruit some of the students there to the Mokusetsu.

Upon getting to the class, the students had not heard of Alain, due to the Alolan culture not being as centered around television, so Kukui let them know about Alain and his mission. Everyone introduced themselves as Alain said their next destination is Paniola Town to get a Plate. Upon hearing this, Kiawe quickly volunteered to join them, since that's his hometown. Mallow, Lana, and Lillie soon joined as well, all agreeing to travel with the Mokusetsu for this leg of the journey. Kukui agreed to hold off summer classes until they're done with this part of the mission.

List of Students Who Attended
This is a list of students who attended the academy. Again, there is no formal order to this academy, due to it not being official, so there isn't a classification system. Due to the low numbers, everyone is in the same class, with topics covered varying based on what everyone wants to teach and learn.
 * Lillie Hidaka
 * Mallow Nawahine
 * Lana 'Opunui
 * Kiawe Miliani