Raymond High School (Alberta) Explained
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
- 5 Division 4A championships (2004–05,[3] 2008–09,[1] 2013–14,[4] 2021–2022,[5] 2022-2023[6]
Canadian football
- 3 Tier III championships (1990–91,[7] 1991–92,[7] 1992–93[7])
- 9 Tier I championships (1996–97,[7] 1997–98,[7] 1998–99,[7] 2005–06,[7] 2008–09,[7] 2009–10,[8] 2010–11[8] [9] 2021-2022[8] [10])2022-2023
Rugby union
Women's rugby union
- 11 Tier I championships (2008–09,[11] 2009–10,[12] 2010–11,[13] 2011–12,[14] 2012–13,[15] 2013–14[16] 2014–15, 2016–2017, 2017–2018, 2018–2019, 2019–2020, including 7 consecutive between 2008 and 2015.
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
- Wendy Watson Nelson, professor, author, therapist, and wife of Russell Nelson, seventeenth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Jimmy Ralph Professional Canadian Football Player
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.[17] [18] After the story was reported in the news, the decision was reversed and the student was told he could wear the kilt to graduation.[19]
Notes
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Notes and References
- Web site: Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta. Asaa.ca. 28 October 2014.
- Web site: Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta. Asaa.ca. 28 October 2014.
- Web site: Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta. Asaa.ca. 28 October 2014.
- Web site: Basketball Results . Mar 11, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140311002835/http://www.asaa.ca/new/sports/basket1314.php . en . 20132014 . www.asaa.ca . 21 August 2023.
- Web site: Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta . www.asaa.ca . 4 April 2022.
- 2022-2023
- Web site: ASAA High School Provincials : Alberta Bowl 2009. Provincials.asaa.ca. 28 October 2014.
- Web site: Trophy Winners . en . 20092010 . www.asaa.ca . 19 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090911045846/http://www.asaa.ca/new/sports/footba0910.php . September 11, 2009 .
- Web site: Football Alberta: High School Football. Asaa.ca. 28 October 2014.
- Web site: Football Alberta: High School Football. Asaa.ca. 4 April 2022.
- Web site: Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta. www.asaa.ca. 28 October 2014.
- Web site: Rugby Results . 20092010 . www.asaa.ca . en . 22 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140321221907/http://www.asaa.ca/new/archives/rugby/rugby0910.php . March 21, 2014.
- Web site: Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta. www.asaa.ca. 28 October 2014.
- Web site: Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta . www.asaa.ca . 28 October 2014.
- Web site: Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta. Asaa.ca. 28 October 2014.
- Web site: Rugby Results . en . 20132014 . www.asaa.ca . 20 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140321220915/http://www.asaa.ca/new/sports/rugby1314.php . March 21, 2014 .
- Web site: No kilt at graduation, school tells Alberta teen. The Globe and Mail. 28 October 2014.
- Web site: Kilt banned from high school convocation . en . May 21, 2010 . . . 18 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100525221345/http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/100521/canada/canada_calgary_calgary_facebook_kilt_jacobs_school_graduation . May 25, 2010 .
- Web site: After a wee bit of publicity, kilt permitted at graduation. The Globe and Mail. 28 October 2014.