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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
Women's basketball
Canadian football
Rugby union
Women's rugby union
Alumni
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. After the story was reported in the news, the decision was reversed and the student was told he could wear the kilt to graduation.
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