Springhouse Middle School



Springhouse Middle School is a fairly new Division B team in the Central East region in Pennsylvania. The team was formed in 2013 by then seventh-grade student Roy Ghosh, who is still acting President of the team. They are an exceptionally competitive school who have made it to the state competition during all the four years they have participated in Science Olympiad. In 2014, their second year of competing, they received 1st place in the Central Eastern Region and a 2nd place in the Pennsylvania State Competition, qualifying for the 2014 National Tournament, where they received the first Dupont Team Enterprise Award and a 17th place of the 60 qualified teams. Springhouse Middle School is the first school in the Central East Region to ever represent the State of Pennsylvania in the National Science Olympiad in its 30-year history.'''

School Info
In 2015, their third year of competing, they placed first in the Central Eastern Region, the Pennsylvania State Competition, and 11th at the National Competition. Again in 2016, which was their fourth year of competing they placed 1st in their regional tournament, as well as the Pennsylvania state tournament and moved on to nationals where they placed 12th overall. They, unlike most other teams, are coached by enthusiastic parents.

Springhouse also competes in major invitationals such as Wright State Invitational and Solon Invitational, both located in Ohio, as well as the local Rustin Invitational and Tiger Invitational. Due to the immense competition and interest in the Science Olympiad program at Springhouse, the school brings two teams, an A and B team, with them to invitationals. However, teams are not always split by skill levels of students, just an even division of teams. Based on individuals' performances, at invitationals and through periodic testing, the final team is selected.

At the Regional Competition, in 2017, Springhouse once again beat their preceding year's score with an overall score of 37! This qualifies them to move on to the state competition yet again, for their 5th consecutive year. At the recent state competition, Springhouse once again received first place, with a very low score of 72. This was impressive due to the widespread increase of overall competition throughout the state of Pennsylvania. There was also an enormous margin between Springhouse and the second place team, Shady Side Middle school. At the 2017 national tournament, Springhouse Middle School made history by being the first PA team to place top 10 overall since the onset of the Sewickley Curse in 2009.

Springhouse feeds into Parkland High School, which competes in the C Division, and has recently begun qualifying for the PA state tournament.