Shawnee Heights is a member of the Kansas State High School Activities Association and offers a variety of sports programs.

Extracurricular activities are also offered in the form of performing arts, school publications, and clubs.

For two years the students of Tecumseh were transported to Highland Park while a three-member board was formed to investigate the potential of building a High School in that area.

The two communities consolidated, and a decision was made to build the new high school on the 47 acres of purchased land.

A principal was hired to help with the planning, and in 1962 Shawnee Heights High School (named as the result of a contest between eighth-grade students of the three attendance centers) was opened.

Shawnee Heights turned in one of the most dominating performances ever seen in the state softball tournament, as they outscored their opponents by a total of 30–2 over the 3 games.

Shawnee Heights perennially has one of the strongest track and field programs in the state for both boys and girls.

The most notable female track and field athlete is Trisa Nickoley who attended the school from 2000 to 2004.

In the summer of 2006 the school received a remodeling and a new construction project after the passage of a bond issue in 2005.