Shawnee Heights USD 450 is a

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headquartered in

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, United States. The district includes the communities of southeast edge of

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, Berryton, Watson, and nearby rural areas. 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. Tim Hallacy is the superintendent for the School District.

Schools

The school district operates the following schools: ;Shawnee Heights High School

Shawnee Heights High School Shawnee Heights High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Tecumseh, Kansas, east of Topeka, Kansas. The school colors are red, white and turquoise and the school mascot is the Thunderbird. The average annual enrollment is ap ...

s mascot is the

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. 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.). Shawnee Heights also offers NJROTC for students that want a military experience before perhaps joining the

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. 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. Ed West is now the new principal for the High School. ;Shawnee Heights Middle School Shawnee Heights Middle School's mascot is the

. 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

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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 Tim Urich. The Assistant Principal is Bradley Mickens. ;Shawnee Heights Elementary School Shawnee Heights Elementary School's mascot is a Thunderbolt. S.H.E.S. is the common abbreviation for this building. S.H.E.S. is the biggest elementary school in the District. S.H.E.S. has around 490 Students in its curriculum. S.H.E.S. has and

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Program that begins in the 4th grade that continues to the High School level. S.H.E.S. also has a

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Program that begins in the 5th grade that carries on to the High School too. All grades except

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and

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attend daily physical education and

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education. S.H.E.S. has reached the Standard of Excellence in 3rd Reading and Math, 5th Reading and Math, 6th Reading and Math, School-Wide Reading, and School-Wide Math. The Principal of S.H.E.S. is Becky Hummer. ;Tecumseh North Elementary School Tecumseh North Elementary School's mascot is the

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. Tecumseh North is abbreviated; T.N.E.S. T.N.E.S. currently has 400 students in its building. T.N.E.S. has a special education program including gifted education, a math specialist, two reading specialists, a

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Program beginning in 4th grade. All grades except

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attend daily

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and vocal music education. T.N.E.S. has achieved the state's Standard of Excellence in 3rd Grade Reading and 5th Grade Math. The Principal of T.N.E.S. is Chris Korb. ;Tecumseh South Elementary School Tecumseh South Elementary School's mascot is the

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. Tecumseh South is abbreviated; T.S.E.S. T.S.E.S. has 440 students currently enrolled in the school. T.S.E.S. has a special education program including gifted education, a reading specialist with literacy tutors, a

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Program beginning in 4th grade. All grades except

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attend daily physical education and vocal music education. TSES has a gorgeous library, an enormous computer lab, and two mobile labs that include more than 50 laptops. T.S.E.S performed well on the state assessments, and made the Standard of Excellence in 9 categories. Those categories are 3rd Grade Reading, 4th Grade Reading, 5th Grade Reading, 6th Grade Reading, School-Wide Reading, 5th Grade Math, 6th Grade Math, School-Wide Math, and 4th Grade Science. T.S.N.S. had the most awards out of all of the elementary schools in the

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. The Principal of T.S.N.S. is Scott Dial. ;Berryton Elementary School Berryton Elementary School's mascot is the buffalo. B.E.S is the abbreviation for Berryton. B.E.S. is the smallest elementary school in the District. B.E.S. has 380 students enrolled in Berryton. B.E.S. has a special education program including gifted education, a reading specialist, a

Program that begins in 5th grade and an

Program beginning in 5th grade. B.E.S. has a spacious library and a modern computer lab.

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programs are provided for students in the mornings before class. Bus

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services are provided for all students that are within the district. Berryton is a wonderful school and does well on state and national tests. B.E.S. scored well on 7 categories, those are as follows; 3rd Grade Reading, 3rd Grade Math, 4th Grade Reading, 4th Grade Math, 5th Grade Math, School-Wide Reading, and School-Wide Math. The Principal of B.E.S. is Kyrstin Bervert.Berryton Elementary School
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County Information

Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450 Shawnee Heights serves Douglas County, Osage County, and

Shawnee County Shawnee County (county code SN) is located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 178,909, making it the third-most populous county in Kansas. Its most populous city, Topeka, is the state ...

, serving communities such as

, Big Springs, Berryton, and rural areas within the three counties.

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