Fayette Middle School

Fayette Middle School is a middle school in Fayette Co. Georgia. (other middle schools in this county with Science Olympiad Programs include: J.C. Booth Middle School, Rising Starr Middle School, and Flat Rock Middle School) The school constantly competes at Regionals, and in some cases at state. Fayette Middle is generally seen as a bubble team. The school either barely misses out on State, or edges their way into qualifying. Fayette has had two very interesting seasons back to back. Fayette Middle School, as of late, has competed at the Gordon College regional against several competitive schools. Two of which include national title holder; Rising Starr Middle School, and 2011 national competitor Holy Innocents' Episcopal School. The school is slated for closure, and would merge with Bennett's Mill Middle School, which historically has had a team, but did not field one for the 2013 campaign.

2010-2011
In the 2010-2011 season Fayette Middle School was under a new coach, and the team consisted mostly of 8th graders. The team placed 6th at regionals, missing out on state by exactly one point.

2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 season, Fayette's line-up changed. With most of last year's members gone; they relied on a younger set. The 2011-2012 roster was composed of mostly 7th graders and 6th graders. Fayette earned 5th place and received a plaque, only to find out that only 3 teams would qualify for State. When final results were up, Augusta Area took 1st, Holy Innocents earned 2nd, Rising Starr took 3rd, Rex Mill 4th (155 pts, won tiebreaker), and Fayette 5th (155 pts, lost 1st place tiebreaker). Surprisingly; Fayette had earned one of several Wild Card spots to state. At State Fayette placed in Microbe Mission (3rd), and Anatomy (2nd). F.M.S also took home ribbons in Food Science (9th), Water Quality (9th), and Dynamic Planet (10th). The tiger cubs finished off, 17th in the State.

2012-2013
Fayette's 2012-2013 season, saw a large number of 7th/8th graders participating, with most of their core team returning. At regionals, the team placed 5th for the second year in a row (once again receiving a plaque), only to be informed that the top 4 teams would be progressing to the state tournament. The team did show improvement from their previous season though, receiving medals in almost twice as many events.