White Pines Intermediate School

White Pines is a school in Michigan. White Pines has gone to Nationals frequently, along with its sister school Lakeshore Middle School. Due to a reconfiguration of its school district, White Pines is now a 5th and 6th grade building, and their Science Olympiad team usually consists of five 7th graders and ten 6th graders. In 2013, White Pines was only a few points away from qualifying for the National competition despite the team consisting of five 9th graders and ten 6th graders. In 2016, despite being one of the youngest teams in Michigan, White Pines, took 10th place at state improving 8 places in one year, and beat all of the other Region 12 teams at the state competition, except their sister school, Lakeshore.