Love

The element of love, of all the human emotions, is critical to inspire a stronger sense of humanity and good will. TrICA’s staff, teachers and Board of Directors all contribute to programs created to provide a loving environment and rich experience for children. TrICA’s culture is respectful, caring, and positive. Teachers give children hope, inspiration, and encouragement so they will contribute to a better world.

Creativity

Within each of us lies the ability and the drive to create. TrICA fosters an environment where children tap into their imaginations, come to know themselves, and share their gifts with our community. Children exposed to the creative process cultivate stronger skills of collaboration, insight, and innovation and will become resourceful contributors to the world at large. These attributes are encouraged though TrICA’s open communication, innovative program, and safe environment for experimentation.

Education

Arts education occurs through the senses: windows through which we learn about our world. Through them we satisfy our curiosity, feel wonder, imagine possibilities, and create a unique response; through them we teach meaningful attitudes and values, develop open receptivity, and help children put aside habitual modes of thought. TrICA’s curriculum is designed to keep both heart and mind engaged so the experience will be remembered and ultimately extended to both school and lifelong learning.

Uniqueness

Just as each person has a unique fingerprint, so does each child have a "life-print" unlike any other’s. TrICA’s curriculum helps children identify and reach their unique potential by fostering a strong belief in both self and the value of others. By helping children to recognize the uniqueness of themselves and their friends, we foster respect, tolerance, understanding and strength.

Excellence

The curricula presented by TrICA range from simple to sophisticated, but always create a significant impression. By recognizing and rewarding excellence, TrICA attracts and retains the best faculty and staff so that children who experience TrICA’s programs have the finest instruction from the best talent available. Everyone involved with TrICA fulfills an expectation of excellence.

Hope and Determination

Faith in oneself is a quiet confidence. Children contain within them a blueprint for greatness and TrICA is committed to helping them discover it. The determination to "get it right," or the struggle to create something new are efforts that chart future success. Challenge is a powerful engine for leaning and leads to faith in oneself. TrICA encourages children to move outside their comfort zone, dream big, act on their dreams, and believe both in themselves and in the gifts of others. The staff, too, works in a pioneering spirit, approaching children with the dedication and focus needed to achieve TrICA’s mission to...

provide meaningful experiences in the arts, inspiring the children of the Treasure Valley to understand and develop attitudes and values contributing to a stronger sense of community, humanity and good will.