Pembroke Hill High School

Pembroke Hill High School
Location	5121 State Line Rd Kansas City, MO 64112
State	Missouri
Region	Kansas City Area
Map	Pembroke Hill High School
Information
Member of SO since	1989
Colors	Blue,      Red
Feeds from	Pembroke Hill Middle School
Tournament Host	Pembroke Hill Invitational
Results History
Best regional	1st
Best state	1st
Best nationals	3rd (1996)

Pembroke Hill High School is a Division C team that competes in Missouri's Region III. The team commonly competes at the National Tournament, having attended nearly every year since the team's inception in 1989.

Background

Pembroke Hill, located in Kansas City, Missouri, is one of the oldest teams in the nation. They have placed consistently at the regional, state, and national level, advancing to the national competition 20 times as of 2011, which means that only two teams have had more national trips. Pembroke usually does very well at nationals, scoring as high as third in 1996.

Part of Pembroke Hill’s success is due to the many invitationals it participates in. They typically attend two or three a year.

Often, many students from Pembroke Hill Middle School participate in the SO program at Pembroke Hill High School. The middle school and high school teams interact on a consistent basis, maintaining close relations and supporting each other in terms of resources and motivation. However, a large portion of the team is composed of students new to Pembroke.

The team does not cut its students. Coaches primarily use the invitationals’ results, along with additional tryouts, to determine which students are strong in the events. The Pembroke SO program typically has around 20-25 students participating. Eventually, that number decreases until 15 competitors and around five alternates remain.

Head Coach Connie Wells retired after the 2016 National Tournament, having led the team to 22 Nationals. Kimberly Cho, who was a student on the Pembroke Hill team that placed third in the nation, became the head coach at the beginning of the 2017 season.

Pembroke Hill High School was the highest-ranked private school at the 2018 National Tournament, and with approximately 450 students in the high school, it is by far the smallest school ranked in the top 20.

Contrary to popular belief, Pembroke Hill High School does NOT have a class for Science Olympiad.

National Results

Year	Nationals Place
1989	N/A
1990	26th
1991	6th
1992	11th
1993	29th
1994	30th
1995	11th
1996	3rd
1997	16th
1998	16th
1999	16th
2000	18th
2001	N/A
2002	29th
2003	17th
2004	25th
2005	17th
2006	29th
2007	24th
2008	N/A
2009	35th
2010	27th
2011	34th
2012	26th
2013	34th
2014	28th
2015	33rd
2016	26th
2017	23rd
2018	19th
2019	24th
2020	Cancelled
2021	N/A
2022	31st