[6][7] Topeka High offers a variety of sports and extracurricular activities, and notable alumni include Charles Curtis, 31st Vice President of the United States.

Over the next 10 years, the school was moved to various locations, including the Washburn Building at 10th and Jackson, and a room situated above the Topeka YMCA and Daily Capital newspaper.

[8] In 1921, Topeka High's cafeteria cook Ida M. Moyer was declared "Champion Pie Baker of the World".

[8] Bishop James Wise offered to sell the grounds of Bethany College and other church property for a price of $142,000, and in 1928, Topeka voters approved issuing bonds of $1.1 million (=$14 million in 2014 adjusted for inflation) to finance construction of the new Topeka High School.

[8] Thomas W. Williamson (an alumnus from 1907) and Theodore R. Griest were selected as architects, and Linus Burr Smith as designer.

[8] A spar from the USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") was acquired with the assistance of Vice President Curtis, and mounted on a nautical base in the plaza to serve as a flagpole.

[11] Topeka High's 'Hoehner Auditorium' was selected as the site for the inauguration of Kansas Governor Payne Ratner, on January 9, 1939.

Restructuring of the district curriculum meant that in 1980, students in the 9th grade would begin attending high school.

In 1984, Topeka High installed a computer-assisted automated dialing device which called home each time a student was truant.

[8] In 2001, Topeka High awarded an honorary diploma to the Honorable Eric S. Rosen, Justice, Kansas Supreme Court—a longtime supporter of the school.

[17] The annual Martin Luther King event, sponsored by the state of Kansas, took place in Hoehner Auditorium in 2012.

[18] The 1931 campus is a stunning, three-story Gothic building of almost 278,000 square feet designed by Thomas W. Williamson, a 1907 graduate of Topeka High School.

The original chairs, now 75 years old, remain in the library and have been restored by the Topeka High School Historical Society.

The Blue Ribbon Award recognizes public and private schools which perform at high levels or have made significant academic improvements.

Trojan Time allows students to sign out to specific locations for further help from teachers, or just stay in their current class and study.

[23] Students arrive from USD 501 middle schools, including: Robinson, Jardine, Landon, Eisenhower and Chase.

[citation needed] Ten to fifteen students per year attend THS from countries such as Belgium, Turkmenistan, Japan, South Korea, Turkey, Germany, Thailand, Brazil, Switzerland.

Students are sponsored by the following exchange programs: AFS, AIFS, ASSE, CHI, AYUSA, ERDT, WISE, ISE, and Share.

Former UNC coach Dean Smith came back with a number of others that were associated with the Ramblers to discuss the team's history.