Raymond High School (Alberta)
Raymond High School (RHS) is a public secondary school in Raymond, Alberta, Canada. It is the one of many schools in the County of Warner No. 5 for grades 10 through 12. The school is in the Westwind School Division and has approximately 250 students.
Sports
Raymond High School—nicknamed the "Comets" (men and women)—has a tradition of competing in Alberta high school sports with schools that are much larger than it. Generally competing against schools that fit into the Tier I/4A Unlimited Enrollment category. While the school only averages roughly 250 students per year. Raymond High School has carved out a name for itself in High School sports across Alberta and even Canada. The 2010-11 Provincial Champion men's Football squad earned a Nationally ranked #1 spot as the best High School Football team in Canada. With their smallest margin of victory that season being 21 points. In 2008-09 Raymond Highschool won 5 Provincial Championships in 1 single school year (Men's Football, Men's and Women's basketball, Women's Rugby and Calf Roping by a single, Clay Barnson). The school has won the following Alberta Schools Athletic Association provincial championships:
Basketball
Men's basketball
Women's basketball
Canadian football
- 3 Tier III championships (1990–91,[5] 1991–92,[5] 1992–93[5])
- 7 Tier I championships (1996–97,[5] 1997–98,[5] 1998–99,[5] 2005–06,[5] 2008–09,[5] 2009–10,[6] 2010–11[6][7])
Rugby union
Women's rugby union
- 7 consecutive Tier I championships (2008–09,[8] 2009–10,[9] 2010–11,[10] 2011–12,[11] 2012–13,[12] 2013–14[13] 2014—15)
Noteworthy students
- Earl W. Bascom, international artist and sculptor, rodeo pioneer and inventor, Canadian Rodeo Hall of Fame and Alberta Sports Hall of Fame inductee
- Ted E. Brewerton, religious leader
- Lloyd Fairbanks, professional football player
- Skousen Harker, professional basketball player
- Brett Ralph, professional Canadian football player
- Brock Ralph, professional Canadian football player
- Phil Tollestrup, professional basketball player, Olympic basketball team member, Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame inductee
Graduation controversy
In 2010, Raymond High School was at the centre of a controversy in which a graduating student was told he would not be allowed to wear a kilt to the graduation ceremony. The decision made news across Canada.[14][15] After the story was reported in the news, the decision was reversed and the student was told he could wear the kilt to graduation.[16]
Notes
- 1 2 "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140311002835/http://www.asaa.ca/new/sports/basket1314.php. Archived from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "ASAA High School Provincials : Alberta Bowl 2009". Provincials.asaa.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- 1 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20090911045846/http://www.asaa.ca/new/sports/footba0910.php. Archived from the original on September 11, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2010. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Football Alberta: High School Football". Asaa.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140321221907/http://www.asaa.ca/new/archives/rugby/rugby0910.php. Archived from the original on March 21, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140321220915/http://www.asaa.ca/new/sports/rugby1314.php. Archived from the original on March 21, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "No kilt at graduation, school tells Alberta teen". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100525221345/http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/100521/canada/canada_calgary_calgary_facebook_kilt_jacobs_school_graduation. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2010. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "After a wee bit of publicity, kilt permitted at graduation". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
Coordinates: 49°27′50″N 112°39′54″W / 49.46389°N 112.66500°W