Interest meeting and event selection
Pioneer High School / tentative
2026-27 Season
Pioneer Science Olympiad
A student-led team building, studying, testing, and competing across 23 STEM events from invitational season to Nationals.
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Practices and Competitions
Build. Test. Compete.
Event heads lead weekly practices where students learn content, prepare binders, build devices, and get ready for tournaments.
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Team Results
Nationals in 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025
Pioneer returned to Nationals in 2019 for the first time since 1994 and placed 5th overall, then kept building a top statewide program.
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Gallery
The work becomes a year of memories
From device testing to awards ceremonies, the team archive tracks the people and moments behind each season.
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Sponsors
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Tournament travel, build materials, and event supplies take thousands of dollars each season. Sponsors help more students compete.
Sponsor usWhat is Science Olympiad?
Twenty-three events. One team.
Science Olympiad is a nationwide competition where teams of 15 students represent their school throughout the year to build, study, and experiment. Invitational competitions lead into regional, state, and national tournaments near the end of the season.
Each event requires 2-3 students to represent the entire team. Events cover physics, chemistry, biology, earth science, and engineering, including events where students design and test a device.
1987 Team founded
23 Competition events
5 Recent Nationals trips
2026-27 Season
Practices, invitationals, Regionals, States, Nationals.
Event heads lead weekly 1-2 hour practices where students learn content, build and test devices, and prepare materials for competitions.
Invitational tournament season
Michigan, Ohio, and national invitationals / tentative
Regional Tournament
Ann Arbor area / tentative
Michigan State Tournament
Michigan State University / tentative
National Tournament
TBD for qualifying teams / tentative
1st at Regionals, 2nd at States, 14th at Nationals
1st at Regionals, 1st at States, 11th at Nationals
1st at Regionals, 2nd at States, 24th at Nationals
2nd at Regionals, 4th at States
1st at Regionals, 2nd at States, 21st at Nationals
COVID-19 season
1st at Regionals, 2nd at States, 5th at Nationals
1st at Regionals and 4th at States
1st at Regionals and 5th at States
3rd at Regionals
4th at Regionals
Our Team
A close-knit STEM community.
Pioneer has been a Science Olympiad team since 1987. Team members also help coach local middle school Science Olympiad teams and carry the program forward from season to season.
In 2019, Pioneer made Nationals for the first time since 1994 and placed 5th overall. Since then, the team has also made Nationals in 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025.