National Tournament held at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. The team placed 20th overall and won medals in Disease Detectives (6th), Materials Science (6th), Microbe Mission (5th), and Optics (6th). In 2019, South won the state tournament and attended the national tournament at Cornell University, winning the Dupont Enterprise award and placing 14th overall. Music and arts The award-winning music program at South has earned state acclaim. There are currently three orchestras, two of which are philharmonic, three choirs, and three bands. In the Spring of 2007, the Philharmonic Orchestra and the Concert Choir toured in Russia. Over the years this program has traveled to other venues such as the Azalea Festival in Norfolk, Virginia, Scotland, Austria, and Boston, Massachusetts. In 2009, the Philharmonic Orchestra and Concert Choir traveled to Austria where they performed in the famed Schloss Esterházy and the Mozarteum in Salzburg. In 2011 the orchestra traveled to Hawaii where they played to honor the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Other music programs including three a cappella groups, two jazz bands, and the award-winning Pirate Marching Band and Colorguard. The marching band/guard have won numerous awards in regional, state, and national competitions. They placed first in 2005 in the USSBA Group II Open category. The band finished third at the 2007 United States Scholastic Band Association National Championships, competing as a Group II band at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland on November 16, 2007. In 2011, the South Choir performed at Carnegie Hall. The 2019 Pieces of Gold yearbook received a Gallery of Excellence award from Walsworth Yearbooks. Science Bowl In 2010, the team secured a first-place finish at the regional tournament held in the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. The team placed 9th in the nation. In the 2011 school year, the team placed 2nd in the regional competition to High Technology High School. In the 2011-12 school year, the team placed 2nd again in the regional competition, losing to Princeton High School. In the 2013 Competition the team again won first, defeating Bergen County Academies in the finals of the Winners' Bracket and the overall competition. The 2013 team went on to place in the Top 16 Nationally, winning a prize of $1000. In 2015 and 2016, the team once again qualified for the National Tournament and won a $1000 prize for placing in the National Top 16. In 2016, the team