Raymond High School (Alberta)

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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

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