page_title: South Carolina Science Olympiad
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: South Carolina Science Olympiad / History
caption_attribution_description: Adapted from Wikipedia's SC county maps by Seth Ilys.
context_page_description: The South Carolina Science Olympiad Competition, often abbreviated as SCSO, is an annual Science Olympiad competition comprising middle school and high school teams across South Carolina. The competition was first held in the C Division in 1985, with the inaugural state champions being Irmo High School from Irmo. Bell Street Middle School from Clinton won the first B Division state championship a year later. The winners of the tournament represent South Carolina at the Science Olympiad National Tournament, held in May at various universities across the nation.
  The current state champions are Clinton Middle School and Academic Magnet High School, who won their 19th and 2nd state championships, respectively, on March 16, 2019.
  Dr. Jennifer Albert assumed the position of State Director for the 2019 season; she replaced Dr. Bret Clark.
context_section_description: The competition has been held every year since 1985 for Division C and since 1986 for Division B.
    Indicates team won the national tournament.
  Changed name from Bell Street to Clinton prior to 2016 tournament.
caption: Newberry was the host of the state competition from its start in 1985 to 2018.
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