The school shared a campus with Heath Middle School. Heath Elementary School was and still is located across the road. The Heath High School building now houses Heath Middle School and the old Heath Middle is now the Alternative school for the entire school district.
Extracurricular activities Student groups and activities at Heath High School included
4-H, book club, concert and marching band, choir, drama club, environmental club,
FBLA,
FCCLA,
FFA,
Fellowship of Christian Athletes, fitness club,
Friends of Rachel, Frisbee, Habitat for Humanity,
National Honor Society, pep club,
SADD, Spanish club, student council, and yearbook.
1997 shooting At approximately 7:14 a.m on December 1, 1997, fourteen-year old Micheal Carneal, armed with a rifle, shotgun and a
Ruger pistol, shot eight students while at a
prayer meeting, fatally killing three. Carneal then surrendered to the
principal and was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years. ==Athletics==