In 2009, the PTC Real World Design Challenge Team placed first in the state and represented Vermont at the national championships in Washington, D.C. on March 20, 2009.
In 2004 and 2006, the civics team represented Vermont at the national championships in Washington, D.C.
The Scholars' Bowl team has won regional titles, including the Vermont NAQT Championship, Sue Pasco Invitational, and Medlar Cup.
In 2014, the SBHS Real World Design Challenge Team represented Vermont at the national championships in Washington, D.C. The team won the competition for the first time in school and state history.
The SBHS athletic teams were formerly known as the "Rebels". Due to the historical controversies associated with the name and its disputed connection to the American Civil War, a "Captain Reb" mascot was discontinued in the early 1990s. However, the school continued with its nickname of "Rebels" until the local school board voted unanimously to retire the "Rebel" name by August 2017. A petition to put the name change to a referendum was signed by over 5% of South Burlington residents, the necessary threshold for the question to be put to a ballot, but the school board struck down the proposed referendum. The case is now being heard in the Vermont Supreme Court. The school board went ahead and approved the name change to "Wolves" on June 8, 2017 despite the pending court case. The school has a state-of-the-art stadium and running track. The ice hockey team plays off campus at nearby Dorset Park in the City of South Burlington's Cairns Arena, shared with the CVU Redhawks and Saint Michael's College Purple Knights. SBHS's chief athletic rivals in the Division I Metro Conference are Essex High School, Champlain Valley Union High School, Burlington High School, Mount Mansfield Union High School, BFA-St. Albans and nearby private Catholic Rice Memorial High School. Some of the school's notable former athletes include longtime Clemson Tigers baseball coach Jack Leggett, former Boston Red Sox major league relief pitcherMike Rochford, current minor league pitcher Casey Harman and France national baseball team pitcher Owen Ozanich. The school has won many Vermont state championships in almost every sport. SBHS has funded clubs for sports that are unconventional in the United States such as cricket, ultimate frisbee, and rugby. Rugby players from the school have formed a combined team with students from Champlain Valley Union High School and played other teams from across the region. The cricket team has played another club team of students based in Essex, Vermont at Fort Ethan Allen. For the 2018 Fall season, low roster numbers forced South Burlington and Burlington High School's football programs to field a co-op team. The team is called the "Seawolves", a portmanteau of the school's mascots, Burlington's Seahorses and South Burlington's Wolves.
Drama and music
Drama
The drama club produces three shows annually: a musical in the fall, a straight play in the winter and one-act plays in the spring.
There are five vocal ensembles: the Mixed Chorus, Concert Chorus, Men's Acapella, Women's Acapella, and the highest choir, the Chamber Singers. All choirs are directed or advised by Aimee Bushey.
There are six instrumental groups: the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble, the Jazz Improvisation Ensemble, the Jazz Ensemble, and the World Drumming Ensemble. The Jazz Improvisation and Jazz Ensembles are both directed by Dave Grippo of the Giant Country Horns, the horn ensemble found in many of Phish's studio albums and live shows and recordings.
