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

• 10 Division 4A championships (most recently in 2008-09,^[1] 2010–11^[2])

Women's basketball

• Division 4A championships (2004–05,^[3] 2008–09,^[1] 2013–14^[4])

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. "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
2. "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
3. "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
4. https://web.archive.org/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)
5. "ASAA High School Provincials : Alberta Bowl 2009". Provincials.asaa.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
6. https://web.archive.org/20090911045846/http://www.asaa.ca:80/new/sports/footba0910.php. Archived from the original on September 11, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
7. "Football Alberta: High School Football". Asaa.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
8. "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
9. https://web.archive.org/20140321221907/http://www.asaa.ca:80/new/archives/rugby/rugby0910.php. Archived from the original on March 21, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
10. "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
11. "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
12. "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
13. https://web.archive.org/20140321220915/http://www.asaa.ca:80/new/sports/rugby1314.php. Archived from the original on March 21, 2014. Retrieved July 11, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
14. "No kilt at graduation, school tells Alberta teen". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
15. https://web.archive.org/20100525221345/http://ca.news.yahoo.com:80/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)
16. "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