Shady Side Academy Middle School
| Shady Side Academy Middle School | |
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| Location | 500 Squaw Run Rd East Pittsburgh, PA 15238 |
| State |  Pennsylvania
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| Region | Southwest Pennsylvania |
| Map |   Shady Side Academy Middle School |
| Information | |
| Member of SO since | 1997 |
| Teams | 2 |
| Colors | Navy blue, Old gold |
| Feeds to | Shady Side Academy High School |
| Results History | |
| Best regional | 1st Place |
| Best state | 1st Place, 2004-2005, 2012-2014 |
| Best nationals | 3rd Place, 2004 |
Shady Side Academy Middle School participates in the southwest regionals. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the nationally respected private school has consistently placed in states and gone to nationals. The team also participates in many invitationals across Ohio, such as Solon and Mentor to help pick the final team and gear them up for the regional, state, and national competition. Science Olympiad was started in 1997 at the Middle School by three coaches with two of them still leading the team today. Team members feed into Shady Side Academy High School.
From 2003 to 2006, Shady Side competed in the Northwest Pennsylvania Regional, but they returned to the Southwest regional in 2007, along with their former rival Sewickley Academy Middle School.
In a normal year we usually attend 5 in-person invitationals, usually consisting of 4 invitationals that switch around and the Solon Invitational. The team meets most Saturdays from 9:00 to 4:00. At Invitationals we do not unstack our teams, nor do we hold tryouts. Anyone that joins the team is allowed to participate. The final "team" that goes to regionals, states, and Nationals is determined through practice sessions and invitational results
Results
| Year | Regionals | States | Nationals! |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1st | 4th | - |
| 2002 | 1st | 3rd (201) | - |
| 2003 | 2nd* | 2nd (137) | 20th (513) |
| 2004 | 1st* | 1st (125) | 3rd (293) |
| 2005 | 1st* | 1st (134) | 9th (440) |
| 2006 | 2nd* | 4th (235) | - |
| 2007 | 2nd (95) | 2nd (171) | 17th (525) |
| 2008 | 2nd (73) | 3rd (158) | - |
| 2009 | 2nd (84) | 2nd (148) | 20th (506) |
| 2010 | 1st (65) | 3rd (166) | - |
| 2011 | 1st (50) | 2nd (122) | 18th (519) |
| 2012 | 1st (49) | 1st (117) | 26th (659) |
| 2013 | 1st (57) | 1st (79) | 11th (400) |
| 2014 | 1st (59) | 1st (104) | 14th (488) |
| 2015 | 1st (55) | 2nd (102) | 16th (469) |
| 2016 | 1st (52) | 3rd (150) | - |
| 2017 | 1st (38) | 2nd (125) | 20th (564) |
| 2018 | 1st (48) | 2nd (98) | 13th (387) |
| 2019 | 1st (33) | 4th (116) | - |
| 2020 | 1st (29) | - | - |
| 2021 | 1st (36) | 4th(96) | - |
| 2022 | 1st (28) | 2nd(122) | 11th(423) |
- *Competed in the Northwest Pennsylvania region.
| Season | Event | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Reach For The Stars | 5th |
| 2004 | Forestry | 6th |
| Fossils | 4th | |
| Meteorology | 4th | |
| Process Skills In Life Science | 3rd | |
| Reach For the Stars | 6th | |
| Robo-Billiards | 5th | |
| Science Crime Busters | 6th | |
| Science of Fitness | 3rd | |
| Wheeled Vehicle | 4th | |
| Wright Stuff | 4th | |
| 2005 | Experimental Design | 5th |
| Forestry | 5th | |
| Science Crime Busters | 6th | |
| 2006 | DNC | DNC |
| 2007 | Dont Bug Me | 6th |
| Simple Machines | 4th | |
| WIDI | 2nd | |
| 2008 | DNC | DNC |
| 2009 | WIDI | 5th |
| 2010 | DNC | DNC |
| 2011 | DNC | DNC |
| 2013 | Crime Busters | 3rd |
| Road Scholar | 1st | |
| WIDI | 4th | |
| 2014 | Metric Mastery | 2nd |
| Rotor Egg Drop | 4th | |
| Simple Machines | 5th | |
| 2015 | Meteorology | 3rd |
| 2016 | DNC | DNC |
| 2017 | Hovercraft | 4th |
| Wright Stuff | 4th | |
| 2018 | Experimental Design | 6th |
| Fast Facts | 6th | |
| Optics | 5th | |
| Road Scholar | 4th | |
| Thermodynamics | 4th | |
| Towers | 5th | |
| 2019 | DNC | DNC |
| 2021 | DNC | DNC |
| 2022 | Experimental Design | 3rd |
| Electric Wright Stuff | 5th | |
| Sounds of Music | 5th | |
| Write It Do It | 6th |