Raymond High School (Alberta)

Last updated

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.

Contents

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

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

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

  1. 1 2 "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  2. "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  3. "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  4. "Basketball Results". www.asaa.ca. 2013–2014. Archived from the original on March 11, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
  5. "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". www.asaa.ca. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  6. 2022-2023
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "ASAA High School Provincials : Alberta Bowl 2009". Provincials.asaa.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 "Trophy Winners". www.asaa.ca. 2009–2010. Archived from the original on September 11, 2009. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  9. "Football Alberta: High School Football". Asaa.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  10. "Football Alberta: High School Football". Asaa.ca. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  11. "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". www.asaa.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  12. "Rugby Results". www.asaa.ca. 2009–2010. Archived from the original on March 21, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
  13. "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". www.asaa.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  14. "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". www.asaa.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  15. "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  16. "Rugby Results". www.asaa.ca. 2013–2014. Archived from the original on March 21, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  17. "No kilt at graduation, school tells Alberta teen". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  18. "Kilt banned from high school convocation". CBC.ca . May 21, 2010. Archived from the original on May 25, 2010. Retrieved August 18, 2023 via Yahoo! News.
  19. "After a wee bit of publicity, kilt permitted at graduation". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved October 28, 2014.

49°27′50″N112°39′54″W / 49.46389°N 112.66500°W / 49.46389; -112.66500

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edmonton</span> Capital and second largest city of Alberta, Canada

Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the northern end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "Calgary–Edmonton Corridor", a region spanning between Edmonton and the city of Calgary, Alberta's largest city, which includes the many smaller municipalities between the two.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Alberta</span> Public research university in Edmonton, Canada

The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta, and Henry Marshall Tory, the university's first president. It was enabled through the Post-secondary Learning Act. The university is considered a "comprehensive academic and research university" (CARU), which means that it offers a range of academic and professional programs that generally lead to undergraduate and graduate level credentials.

The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) is a polytechnic and applied sciences institute in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">York House School</span> Private school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

York House School is an independent day school for girls located in the heart of Shaughnessy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Saint Francis High School (Calgary)</span> High school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Saint Francis High School is a Roman Catholic high school, and one of the largest in Calgary, serving 2006 students in the communities of northwest Calgary, Alberta.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lester B. Pearson High School (Calgary)</span> Senior high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Lester B. Pearson High School is a public senior high school located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada administered by the Calgary Board of Education. The school is named for Nobel Laureate and Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson.

Raymond High School is a public secondary school located in the town of Raymond, Mississippi. It is part of the Hinds County School District. As of 2005, the school had met all federal requirements under the No Child Left Behind Act and received an achievement index rank of "3" (successful) from the state of Mississippi. It is one of two regional high schools serving Hinds County. The principal is Lorenzo Grimes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Notre Dame High School (Calgary)</span> High school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Notre Dame Senior High School is a Catholic high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with more than 1,700 students. The school is under the administration of the Calgary Catholic School District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John G. Diefenbaker High School</span> Public school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

John G. Diefenbaker High School is a senior public high school located at 6620 4th Street N.W., Huntington Hills, Calgary, Alberta. The school is named after the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, John G. Diefenbaker. The school is part of the Calgary Board of Education. The school graduates around 400 Grade 12 students every year, with a 91% graduation rate. As of September 2022, there are 1674 students.

Bev Facey Community High School, known as Bev Facey, is a public high school for grades 10–12 in Sherwood Park, Strathcona County, Alberta, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Elk Island Public Schools Regional Division No. 14.

Brian Fryer is a former football player who starred at wide receiver for the University of Alberta, and played professionally for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) and the Edmonton Eskimos and Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Skouson Harker</span> Canadian basketball player

Skouson Harker is a Canadian former professional basketball player of the FIBA European Leagues. Harker is from Raymond, Alberta, Canada. After five seasons as a Head Coach in the British Basketball League, Harker most recently coached the Edmonton Energy of the International Basketball League.

Brock Ralph is a former professional Canadian football slotback and wide receiver.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alberta Schools' Athletic Association</span> Organization

The Alberta Schools' Athletic Association (ASAA) is the governing body that oversees amateur athletics in schools for the province of Alberta. It is a voluntary, non profit organization that has 405 member high schools as of 2023. It enforces policies as dictated by the provincial board of Governors.

Rocky View School Division No. 41 or Rocky View Schools (RVS) is the public school authority that serves students to the west, north and east of the City of Calgary in the province of Alberta.

Ernest Manning High School is a public senior high school located in the City of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, south of the Bow River. The school falls under the jurisdiction of the Calgary Board of Education.

Frank Maddock High School is a public high school located in the town of Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Concordia University of Edmonton</span> Canadian independent public university

Concordia University of Edmonton, is a publicly funded independent academic institution in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; accredited under the Alberta Post-secondary Learning Act. Concordia offers arts, science, and management undergraduate degree programs, as well as graduate degree programs in education, information technology, information security, and psychology. Concordia is primarily funded by tuition and private donations and as of 2022, receives nearly one third of its funding from the government of Alberta.

Peter Steven Ogilvie is a retired Canadian sprinter who competed primarily in the 200 metres. Growing up in Burnaby, British Columbia, Peter represented Canada at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as, two outdoor, one indoor IAAF World Championships (1993), one Pan American Games (1991) and two Commonwealth Games. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1991 Pan American Games, a gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1994 Francophone Games in Paris, and bronze medal in the 1600m Medley Relay at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

M.E. LaZerte High School is a high school in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada in the north eastern Kilkenny neighbourhood. It is part of Edmonton Public Schools. The school's team name is the Voyageurs, which is also what they call the student body.