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. 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^[when?] (most recently in 2008–09,^[1] 2010–11^[2])

Women's basketball

• 2004–05,^[3] 2008–09,^[1] 2013–14,^[4] 2021–2022,^[5] 2022–23,^[5] 2023–24^[5]

Canadian football

• 1990–91,^[6] 1991–92,^[6] 1992–93^[6]1996–97,^[6] 1997–98,^[6] 1998–99,^[6] 2005–06,^[6] 2008–09,^[6] 2009–10,^[7] 2010–11^[8] 2021–22,^[9] 2022–23^{[citation needed]}

Rugby union

Women's rugby union

• 2008–09,^[10] 2009–10,^[11] 2010–11,^[12] 2011–12,^[13] 2012–13,^[14] 2013–14^[15] 2014–15,^{[citation needed]} 2016–17,^{[citation needed]} 2017–18,^{[citation needed]} 2018–19,^{[citation needed]} 2019–20,^{[citation needed]} 2021–22^[16]

Alumni

• 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
• 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]