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

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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. 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

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Men's basketball

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

Women's basketball

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Canadian football

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Rugby union

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Women's rugby union

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Alumni

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Graduation controversy

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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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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "Basketball". Alberta Schools' Athletic Association. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "ASAA High School Provincials : Alberta Bowl 2009". Provincials.asaa.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  7. ^ "Trophy Winners". www.asaa.ca. 2009–2010. Archived from the original on September 11, 2009. Retrieved August 19, 2023.
  8. ^ "Football Alberta: High School Football". Asaa.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  9. ^ "Football Alberta: High School Football". Asaa.ca. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  10. ^ "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". www.asaa.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  11. ^ "Rugby Results". www.asaa.ca. 2009–2010. Archived from the original on March 21, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
  12. ^ "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". www.asaa.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  13. ^ "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". www.asaa.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  14. ^ "Alberta Schools' Athletic Association, Edmonton, Alberta". Asaa.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
  15. ^ "Rugby Results". www.asaa.ca. 2013–2014. Archived from the original on March 21, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  16. ^ "Rugby 15s Past Winners". Alberta Schools' Athletic Association. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  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.

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