Shawnee Heights USD 450

Shawnee Heights School District #450 is a Public School District located in Tecumseh, Kansas, United States. The Shawnee Heights School District is a 5a school district that includes a total of 4 Elementary Schools, 1 Middle School, and 1 High School. Shawnee Heights School District is a suburban school district located in southeastern Shawnee County. The District has an estimated total of 3,500 Students from Pre-Kindergarten to 12th Grade. More than half of the Teachers have a Masters Degree or above. Dr. Martin Stessman is the superintendent for the School District. Dr. Stessman has a "blog page" that he uses to post information pertaining about himself. The School’s website is "Shawnee Heights School District Webpage

Shawnee Heights High Schools mascot is the Thunderbird. It is a North Centrally accredited 9-12 high school. The number of students as of the current school year is about 1,100 Students. Students have a range of activities to compete in, such as Basketball, Soccer, Golf, Tennis, Baseball, Softball, and Track (etc.). Professional players have even played at the High School and continued their success toward their pro status. Gary Woodland and Troy Wilson have played or are playing at the professional level. Shawnee Heights also offers NJROTC for students that want a military experience before perhaps joining the American Armed Forces. Exactly 80% of the students that graduate from Shawnee Heights plan to attend a 2 or 4 year college to better their education. Shawnee Heights has also achieved the Standard of Excellence in 11th grade Reading and School-Wide Reading. The School's principal, Alan Beam has just recently retired. Mr. Ed West is now the new principal for the High School.

Shawnee Heights Middle School's mascot is the Thunderbird. The Middle School has around 580 Students. The 7th and 8th Grade Students are split up into Red, White, and Blue Teams. The Teams each have a set of teachers for a better learning experience and less of a confusion for the younger Students. The Middle School provides sport programs for the Students but not to the extent that the High School does. The School has 3 computer rooms and an award-winning media center. The School uses an academic program called S.T.A.T.E. This gives the Students some incentive to get good grades and work hard. Benefits to this program include free entry into home games, free food, free gift cards, and the special dinner at the end of the year known, as "Night of the Stars". This dinner is for students achieving T-Bird P.R.I.D.E. for the entire year. The Principal for the Middle School is Mr. Tim Urich. The Assistant Principal is Mr. Bradley Mickens. The Middle Schools Website

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