Yorkton Regional High School

Yorkton Regional High School
Address
150 Gladstone Avenue
Yorkton, Saskatchewan, S3N 2A8
Canada
Coordinates 51°12′58″N 102°28′35″W / 51.21604°N 102.47626°W / 51.21604; -102.47626Coordinates: 51°12′58″N 102°28′35″W / 51.21604°N 102.47626°W / 51.21604; -102.47626
Information
School type High School
Motto A Family of Raiders
Founded 1967
School board Good Spirit School Division
Principal Mike Haczkewicz
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 801
Language English
Area Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Colour(s) Orange      Brown     
Mascot Colonel Raider
Team name Raiders
Website yrhs.gssd.ca

Yorkton Regional High School (also known as the YRHS or The Regional) is located in Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

The Regional opened its doors on November 10, 1967. 2007 was the 40th anniversary of the YRHS.

The school color is orange

The YRHS team mascot is "Colonel Raider."

The YRHS Marching 100 marching band was the only Canadian representative in the 1998 Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, CA.

The YRHS Jazz 1 band represented the country at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland on July 7, 2006. Just days previous to that, the band took third place in the Vienna International Youth Music Festival.

The Yorkton Regional High School has been number 1 in Canada in the QSP Magazine Campaign for 17 years in a row, each year bringing in over $100,000, going directly towards extra-curricular activities and events at the school.

In 1985, Yorkton Regional High School hosted the very first Canadian Student Leadership Conference (CLSC). This event has taken place every year since and returned to Yorkton in 1995.

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