FST News also works alongside the police departments of Henderson, Boulder City and Clark County (Las Vegas Metropolitan) to produce Every 15 Minutes.

The school's football program has won several division championships, qualified for the playoffs yearly, and has reached the state tournament several times.

[citation needed] The Marching Band performed at the 2017 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California.

The program hosts the annual Big Time Tournament during the summer, which attracts schools from all over the nation to compete.

[8] In February 2021, a picture of a white cheerleader attending Foothill holding a SADIES poster circulated online.

The poster read, "If you went to SADIES w/ me it would take my BREATH away,” with an image of George Floyd, a black man who died while being arrested by police officers, drawn onto the board.

[10] On April 20, 2022, an incident occurred at the school where a student locked the door and subsequently pulled a knife out of her pocket, before charging at the teacher with the weapon.

[11] The teacher was not injured using a chair as defense before the Clark County School District Police arrived on the scene.

This and a similar assault at Eldorado High School[12] prompted Superintendent Jesus F. Jara to advocate for panic buttons in each classroom.