Georgia

Georgia is home to the one of the largest Science Olympiad program in the USA, with 268 teams. The state is also home to the National champions J.C. Booth Middle School (1996-2001, 2003-2004, 2006) and Rising Starr Middle School (2002). In total Georgia as a state has earned 10 National Titles.

History
In the very early years, Georgia had some turnover in national representatives, but quickly certain teams took hold of the top spot. J.C. Booth Middle School started winning titles as early as 1992 and won almost every year from then until 2014. During their time as state champion, many other teams competed for second place. In the late 1990s, when Georgia became large enough to send a second team to nationals, Chamblee Middle School was the regular runner-up, often placing in the top 10 at nationals at around the same time that J.C. Booth began their string of six consecutive national tournament wins. In 1998 a new school, Rising Starr Middle School, was created out of the former J.C. Booth district, and by the next year they had qualified for nationals. They continued to qualify every year from then through 2006, and in 2002 defeated J.C. Booth at state and went on to win the national tournament.

From then on, Rising Starr's national tournament placements went on a steady decline. In 2007, Fulton Science Academy, who had placed third for the last two years, finished second at the state tournament, while Rising Starr dropped to fourth. Although Rising Starr qualified again in 2008, they never reached their former heights, and FSA edged closer to J.C. Booth over the next few years. In 2010 Dodgen Middle School began their rise to prominence with a third place finish at the state tournament, and next year placed third again behind Holy Innocents Episcopal School, dropping Fulton Science Academy to fourth. However, the next year they returned stronger than ever, finishing just 7 points behind J.C. Booth. In 2013 Dodgen won their first trip to nationals, where they finished in 12th, just behind J.C. Booth (who placed outside of the top 6 for the first time in over 20 years). J.C. Booth continued their decline the following year, when both Dodgen and FSA came very close to beating them, at 7 and 16 points away, respectively. In 2015, J.C. Booth disbanded their team, and Dodgen took the state title for the next two years, with FSA close behind.

There has been less stability in C. Stone Mountain High School first won the state tournament in 1989, and qualified for nationals for the next 5 years. Their 3rd place finish at the 1990 National Tournament remains the highest national tournament placing of any Division C Georgia team.During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Chamblee Charter High School and McIntosh High School (both of whom had strong feeder schools in national powerhouses Chamblee Middle School and J.C. Booth Middle School) became the teams to beat. Chamblee Charter won state from 1997 to 1999, placing as high as 9th at nationals, while McIntosh was the runner-up. Then McIntosh won state from 2000 to 2002, placing as high as 6th at nationals while Chamblee Charter declined.

Parkview High School, the state runner-up in 2002, finished first in 2003 and continued winning through 2007, peaking with a 9th place finish at nationals in 2005. In 2008, the current dynasty of Brookwood High School was established as Parkview faded to the background. Gwinnett School of Math, Science and Technology (GSMST) was the runner-up from 2011 to 2014, although other schools tried to bring them down. In 2013 Chattahoochee High School began a rise, finishing third two years in a row just a few points behind GSMST. In 2015 and 2016 they qualified for nationals over Northview High School and GSMST, finishing 15th at the 2016 National Tournament.

Past State Champions
1 A scoring error in Disease Detectives B was discovered after the conclusion of the 2013 National Tournament awards ceremony. After the error had been corrected and scores amended appropriately, J.C. Booth Middle School and Dodgen Middle School were both awarded 12th place, and no school was awarded 15th place. J.C. Booth Middle School had been the 15th place school prior to the correction of the error.

2 Write It, Do It was canceled due to insufficient materials, and Entomology was canceled because the event supervisor and proctor was in Australia.

Invitationals
Georgia has several Invitationals.

Division B
 * Forsyth Central Invitational - October 27th, 2018
 * Dodgen Invitational - November 10th, 2018
 * Chattahoochee Invitational - December 8th, 2018
 * Fulton Science Academy Invitational - January 26th, 2019

Division C
 * Forsyth Central Invitational - October 13th, 2018
 * University of Georgia Invitational - October 20th, 2018
 * GSMST-Walton Invitational - November 17th, 2018
 * CSRA Invitational - December 8th, 2018
 * Brookwood Invitational - January 19th, 2019

Other States
 * Some Division B teams from Georgia compete at the Friendship Christian Invitational and Bearden Invitational, both in Tennessee. A few teams in both divisions compete at invitationals further away, such as MIT Invitational.

Regional Competitions
There are generally 7-8 Regional Tournaments per Division, held in February and early March, with the State Tournament usually held in mid March to early April.

Division C
 * University of North Georgia-Dahlonega - February 2, 2019
 * East Georgia State College - February 16, 2019
 * Georgia Tech - February 16, 2019
 * Middle Georgia State University - February 16, 2019
 * Gordon State College - February 23, 2019
 * University of Georgia - February 23, 2019
 * Valdosta State University - February 23, 2019
 * Georgia Perimeter College - March 9, 2019
 * Kennesaw State University-SPSU - TBD

Division B
 * University of North Georgia-Gainesville - February 9, 2019
 * South Georgia State College - February 22, 2019
 * Columbus State University - February 23, 2019
 * Georgia Southern University - February 23, 2019
 * Coweta County (Northgate High School) - February 23, 2019
 * Georgia State University - March 2, 2019
 * Northeast Georgia (Location TBD) - March 2, 2019
 * Forsyth County (Forsyth Central High School) - TBD

State Qualifying Teams

 * XX - Denotes that fewer state bids were allotted to that regional tournament.
 * 1 Declined their state bid.


 * XX - Denotes that fewer state bids were allotted to that regional tournament.

Previous Years' State Qualifying Teams 2018 State Qualifying Teams


 * XX - Denotes that fewer state bids were allotted to that regional tournament.
 * 1 Declined their state bid.


 * XX - Denotes that fewer state bids were allotted to that regional tournament.

2017 State Qualifying Teams
 * XX - Denotes that fewer state bids were allotted to that regional tournament.


 * XX - Denotes that fewer state bids were allotted to that regional tournament.

2016 State Qualifying Teams
 * XX - Denotes that fewer state bids were allotted to that regional tournament.


 * XX - Denotes that fewer state bids were allotted to that regional tournament.

Division B

 * Amana Academy
 * Arnold Magnet Academy Middle School
 * Atlanta International School
 * Augusta Area Homeschoolers
 * Augusta Preperatory Day Middle School
 * Baker Middle School
 * Bennett's Mill Middle School
 * Blackmon Road Middle School
 * Campbell Middle School
 * Central Middle School
 * Chamblee Middle School
 * Cherokee Charter Academy
 * Columbia Middle School
 * Cooper Middle School
 * Crabapple Middle School
 * Crews Middle School
 * Davidson Fine Arts Academy
 * Dickerson Middle School
 * Dodgen Middle School
 * Dooly County Middle School
 * Double Churches Middle School
 * Durham Middle School
 * Eagles Home Educators
 * Eagle's Landing Middle School
 * East Cobb Middle School
 * East Columbus Magnet Academy Middle School
 * East Coweta Middle School
 * Elkins Pointe Middle School
 * Ellis G. Arnall Middle School
 * E.T. Booth Middle School
 * Evans Middle School
 * Fayette Middle School
 * Five Forks Middle School
 * Flat Rock Middle School
 * Flint River Academy
 * Fort Middle School
 * Fulton Science Academy
 * Gatewood School
 * Greenbrier Middle School
 * Griffin Middle School
 * Harris County Carver Middle School
 * Haynes Bridge Middle School
 * Henderson Middle School
 * Holy Innocents' Episcopal School
 * Hightower Trail Middle School
 * Impact Academy
 * J.C. Booth Middle School
 * John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School
 * Kittredge Magnet School
 * Lakeside Middle School
 * Lee Middle School
 * Liberty Middle School
 * Lyndon Academy
 * Madras Middle School
 * Marist School
 * M.D. Roberts Middle School
 * Metter Middle School
 * Midland Middle School
 * Oconee County Middle School
 * Our Lady of Victory Catholic School
 * Piney Grove Middle School
 * Rothschild Leadership Academy
 * Richards Middle School
 * Richmond Hill Middle School
 * Rising Starr Middle School
 * River Trail Middle School
 * Riverside Middle School
 * Riverwatch Middle School
 * Sandy Springs Middle School
 * Shiver Elementary School
 * Smokey Road Middle School
 * South Effingham Middle School
 * South Forsyth Middle School
 * St. Catherine of Sienna Catholic School
 * Stephens County Middle School
 * St. John the Evangelist School
 * St. Martin's Episcopal School
 * St. Peter Claver Regional Catholic School
 * Summerour Middle School
 * Sutton Middle School
 * Sweetwater Middle School
 * Taylor Road Middle School
 * Temple Middle School
 * The Blackstone Academy
 * The Galloway School
 * Thomasville High Scholars' Academy
 * Thomas County Middle School
 * Trickum Middle School
 * Veterans Memorial Middle School
 * Valwood School
 * Vickery Creek Middle School
 * Webb Bridge Middle School
 * Whitewater Middle School
 * W.R. Coile Middle School
 * Youth Middle School

Division C

 * Adairsville High School
 * Alexander High School
 * Alpharetta High School
 * Appling County High School
 * Archer High School
 * A.R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet High School
 * Atlanta International School
 * Augusta Area Homeschoolers
 * Blessed Trinity Catholic High School
 * Brookwood High School
 * Cambridge High School
 * Camden County High School
 * Central High School
 * Chamblee Charter High School
 * Chattahoochee High School
 * Cherookee High School
 * Collins Hill High School
 * Columbus High School
 * Creekview High School
 * Cross Creek High School
 * Dooly County High School
 * Duluth High School
 * Eagles Home Educators
 * Eagle's Landing Christian Academy
 * Eagle's Landing High School
 * East Coweta High School
 * Etowah High School
 * Excel Christian Academy High School
 * Fayette County High School
 * Flint River Academy
 * Forsyth Central High School
 * Fulton Science Academy High School
 * Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
 * Harrison High School
 * Hephzibah High School
 * Herschel V. Jenkins High School
 * Hillgrove High School
 * Homeschoolers of Woodstock
 * Johns Creek High School
 * John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet High School
 * Kennesaw Mountain High School
 * Lakeside High School (Evans)
 * Lambert High School
 * Laney High School
 * Lanier High School
 * Lassiter High School
 * Lithia Springs High School
 * Lumpkin County High School
 * Marist School
 * McIntosh High School
 * Metter High School
 * Mill Creek High School
 * Milton High School
 * Mountain View High School
 * North Cobb High School
 * Northgate High School
 * North Forsyth High School
 * North Gwinnett High School
 * North Oconee High School
 * Northside High School
 * North Springs Charter High School
 * Northview High School
 * Ola High School
 * Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School
 * Paideia High School
 * Parkview High School
 * Peachtree Ridge High School
 * Richmond Hill High School
 * River Ridge High School
 * Riverwood International Charter School
 * Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology
 * Rome High School
 * Roswell High School
 * Rutland High School
 * Sandy Creek High School
 * Sequoyah High School
 * Southeast Bulloch High School
 * South Effingham High School
 * South Forsyth High School
 * South Gwinnett High School
 * Starr’s Mill High School
 * Statesboro High School
 * Stephens County High School
 * St. Pius X Catholic High School
 * Taylor County High School
 * The Paideia School
 * The Walker School
 * Thomas County Central High School
 * Thomasville High Scholars Academy
 * Tift County High School
 * Towns County High School
 * Valdosta High School
 * Valwood School
 * Walker High School
 * Walton High School
 * West Forsyth High School
 * Westminster High School
 * Westminster Upper School of Augusta
 * Wheeler High School
 * White County High School
 * Whitewater High School
 * Woodland High School
 * Woodville-Tompkins High School
 * Woodward Academy

Team Lists by Regionals

 * 2018 [[Media:2018 GA Regional Teams.pdf|B/C]]
 * 2017 [[Media:2017 GA Regional Teams B.pdf|B]]/[[Media:2017 GA Regional Teams C.pdf|C]]
 * 2016 [[Media:2016 GA Regional Teams.pdf|B/C]]
 * 2015 [[Media:2015 GA Regional Teams B.pdf|B]]/[[Media:2015 GA Regional Teams C.pdf|C]]
 * 2013 [[Media:2013 GA Regional Teams.pdf|B/C]]