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Content updated 1.16.2012

For 2012 Program dates, details, and class rosters, plus photos, quotes and a whole lot more!

Standards-Based Performing Arts Curriculum

In an ongoing effort to provide all students at Trollwood Performing Arts School with the highest quality arts education possible, TPAS course content is firmly rooted in the North Dakota Performing Arts Standards and Benchmarks. Our curriculum is actively correlated with these content standards, which are statements of the subject-specific knowledge and skills that schools are expected to teach and students are expected to learn. TPAS relies on well-respected teachers and artists to use these standards to implement course content and activities that promote arts education in every student. Additionally, TPAS employs various means of assessment to monitor and evaluate student progress. Through a well-established and proven curriculum, TPAS can continue its tradition of excellence as a leader and model of K-12 arts education in the Midwest.

To view the standards that TPAS instructors use to design TPAS course content, click below:

For more information regarding curriculum and assessment at TPAS, please contact Kathy Anderson, Executive Director, or Nancy Glaser, Program Coordinator.

2012 Programs

2012 Orientation

All students registered for Trollwood Academy, Totally Trollwood Academy, Trollwood Conservatory, Session One and Mainstage Musical are required to attend orientation. Get to know each other, meet the faculty, and enjoy special entertainment, including a Q & A with Broadway Actor, Becky Gulsvig. Tuesday, June 5, 9:00 am-12:00 pm, Marcil Commons at Trollwood Performing Arts School.

All students registered for a Trollwood Academy, Totally Trollwood Academy, and Mainstge Musical participants will meet June 5, 1:00 pm in Marcil Commons for a team building project.

Attendance is REQUIRED for both.

Orientation Packets:

Packets will be mailed prior to the beginning of each program. They will confirm your registration and will contain:

  • your individualized schedule
  • program information and policies
  • map of facility in which program is being held
  • info on how to “do well and be well” while at Trollwood
  • plus, lots more!

If you do not receive an orientation packet by the Friday BEFORE your scheduled orientation session, please call 218.477.6500.

2012 Sun Celebration — A Student Showcase

Thursday, June 28, 5:00-10:00 pm, Trollwood Performing Arts School. Attendance required by all Trollwood Academy, Totally Trollwood Academy, Trollwood Conservatory Session 2 and Mainstage Musical students.

Sun Celebration is your chance to shine! Show off what you’ve learned in your classes. Parents, family, friends, and the entire community are invited to this showcase. Enjoy upbeat entertainment from the entire roster of Trollwood Performing Arts School programs.

The evening’s showcase will conclude at the Imagine amphitheater, where we will honor the year’s graduating seniors, plus get sneak previews of this year’s Mainstage Musical, Legally Blonde The Musical.

Fundraising Picnic

Give your family cook the night off!

Join us at 5:00 pm for a Trollwood fundraising picnic dinner! We’re catering a summertime feast and providing the fun. Come join us! Tickets on sale in June!

World-Class Faculty at TPAS!

Trollwood attracts a diverse faculty of the highest caliber to work with our students. In addition to their academic credentials and practical experience, these professionals are also hired for their exceptional teaching skills and sharing a teaching philosophy that aligns with Trollwood values and mission. This establishes a safe and vibrant learning environment. Students are nurtured throughout the journey by this capable, enthusiastic, and passionate faculty.

Trollwood strives to offer students a variety of learning opportunities through exposure to different teaching methods, styles and personnel. It is our intent that these experiences will strengthen each student’s skill base and positively enhance the learning environment at the student’s home school district.

2012 faculty assignments, bios and photos will be posted to http://www.trollwood.org as they are received.