Health & Wellness in School

Health & Wellness in School General Health Measures

General Health Measures

The CBE takes the health and safety of our students and staff seriously.

In all matters of health, CBE takes direction from Alberta Education and Alberta Health Services. The following health measures can reduce the spread and lessen the impact of illness in school communities. These include:

  • stay home when feeling sick;
  • if possible, avoid close contact with people who are sick;
  • wash hands frequently with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds or use alcohol-based hand sanitizer;
  • cover your cough;
  • avoid touching eyes, nose, or mouth with unwashed hands; and
  • clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces and items at home, especially when someone in your home is sick.

Alberta Health Services has a respiratory assessment tool to provide Albertans with guidance to manage a wide range of respiratory illnesses, and provide advice on caring for symptoms at home, and when to seek additional care.

​Ventilatio​n in Schools

In Spring 2022, the CBE upgraded to MERV 13 filters in schools wherever possible. These filters continue to be utilized this school year and are changed more frequently. In addition, all CBE schools are mechanically ventilated and systems are set to maximize air exchange   

We closely monitor this matter to ensure the CBE continues to remain fully compliant with all provincial direction and legislated requirements.​

​​​Monitorin​​​g Ab​​sences​

​We will continue to internally ​mo​nitor stude​nt and staff ​absences during the scho​ol year. Daily school-by-school absence numbers are being posted to this page.​​​​​​


Note | CBE schools will be closed from Feb 13-17 for Teachers' Convention and Family Day. Data will not be posted during this time. We will resume posting student absences after Tuesday, Feb. 18. ​ 

 Student Absence Rate Due t​​​o Illness​

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February 12, 2025
 GradeNumber Percentage
K-313133.099%
4-610633.330%
7-914094.441%
10-1212483.660%
K-1250333.592%​​


Illness Outbrea​ks

An outbreak may be suspected when there is an increase in absenteeism or a number of individuals are experiencing similar symptoms in a school. This could be due to any number of symptoms including respiratory, gastrointestinal and rashes.

If a school has more than 10 per cent of their student population away due to illness, the school will report to Alberta Health Services Public Health for investigation. If AHS declares an outbreak, they will provide information to families and recommendations to assist the school in preventing further spread of illness. ​After AHS has declared an outbreak in a school and CBE has been notified, an intensive cleaning of the impacted school is conducted after school hours.​

 Student Illness Rates By School

SchoolFebruary 12, 2025
A. E. Cross School5.9%
Abbeydale School4.1%
Acadia School4.3%
Alex Munro School4.4%
Alexander Ferguson School3.4%
All Boys Program21.2%
Altadore School1.6%
Alternative High School2.2%
Andrew Sibbald School1.7%
Annie Foote School4.1%
Annie Gale School4.8%
Arbour Lake School4.9%
Auburn Bay School3.8%
Balmoral School2.8%
Banff Trail School2.8%
Banting and Best School2.0%
Battalion Park School2.9%
Bayside School2.3%
Beddington Heights School4.8%
Belfast School0.0%
Belvedere Parkway School3.0%
Bishop Pinkham School2.6%
Bob Edwards School3.5%
Bowcroft School4.5%
Bowness High School4.2%
Braeside School3.1%
Branton School4.2%
Brentwood School2.1%
Briar Hill School4.0%
Bridlewood School2.2%
Buchanan School3.6%
Buffalo Rubbing Stone School3.2%
Cambrian Heights School3.7%
Canyon Meadows School2.6%
Capitol Hill School3.5%
Cappy Smart School3.7%
Captain John Palliser School2.8%
Captain Nichola Goddard School3.9%
Catherine Nichols Gunn School3.6%
Cecil Swanson School2.6%
Cedarbrae School1.6%
Centennial High School4.1%
Central Memorial High School4.5%
Chaparral School2.7%
Chief Justice Milvain School3.1%
Children's Village School5.2%
Chinook Park School2.5%
Chris Akkerman School1.7%
Christine Meikle School6.6%
Citadel Park School1.9%
Clarence Sansom School4.0%
Collingwood School3.2%
Colonel Irvine School3.6%
Colonel J. Fred Scott School4.2%
Colonel Macleod School3.3%
Colonel Sanders School3.6%
Colonel Walker School1.8%
Connaught School5.7%
Copperfield School3.3%
Coventry Hills School6.6%
Cranston School4.2%
Crescent Heights High School3.8%
Crossing Park School2.9%
Dalhousie School3.0%
David Thompson School3.0%
Deer Run School5.5%
Douglas Harkness School1.8%
Douglasdale School2.7%
Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School3.3%
Dr. E. W. Coffin School1.4%
Dr. Freda Miller School1.7%
Dr. George Stanley School4.3%
Dr. Gladys McKelvie Egbert School3.7%
Dr. Gordon Higgins School4.1%
Dr. Gordon Townsend School0.0%
Dr. J. K. Mulloy School2.9%
Dr. Martha Cohen School5.8%
Dr. Oakley School5.4%
Dr. Roberta Bondar School3.5%
Earl Grey School2.5%
Edgemont School4.5%
Elbow Park School3.0%
Elboya School3.2%
Emily Follensbee School17.9%
Eric Harvie School3.2%
Erin Woods School3.5%
Ernest Manning High School2.8%
Ernest Morrow School4.0%
Ethel M. Johnson School4.5%
Eugene Coste School4.2%
Evergreen School1.8%
F. E. Osborne School2.7%
Fairview School4.1%
Falconridge School2.8%
Fish Creek School3.3%
Forest Lawn High School3.1%
G. W. Skene School3.0%
Georges P. Vanier School4.1%
Glamorgan School3.7%
Glenbrook School5.0%
Glendale School1.6%
Glenmeadows School1.8%
Grant MacEwan School2.9%
Griffith Woods School2.2%
Guy Weadick School2.8%
H. D. Cartwright School6.3%
Harold Panabaker School6.3%
Haultain Memorial School4.3%
Hawkwood School3.3%
Haysboro School2.1%
Henry Wise Wood High School3.5%
Hidden Valley School1.8%
Highwood School1.2%
Hillhurst School3.1%
Hugh A. Bennett School4.4%
Huntington Hills School3.7%
Ian Bazalgette School4.5%
Jack James High School5.0%
James Fowler High School3.1%
James Short Memorial School6.0%
Janet Johnstone School6.0%
Jennie Elliott School1.7%
Joane Cardinal-Schubert High School3.6%
John G. Diefenbaker High School3.2%
John Ware School7.4%
Keeler School3.4%
Kenneth D. Taylor School4.2%
Killarney School0.3%
King George School2.4%
Lake Bonavista School2.8%
Lakeshore School4.0%
Le Roi Daniels School2.9%
Lester B. Pearson High School3.5%
Lord Beaverbrook High School4.9%
Louis Riel School3.6%
Louise Dean School15.6%
Mahogany School2.7%
Manmeet Singh Bhullar School4.0%
Maple Ridge School4.1%
Marion Carson School2.7%
Marlborough School3.2%
Marshall Springs School2.7%
Mayland Heights School3.4%
McKenzie Highlands School6.3%
McKenzie Lake School4.2%
McKenzie Towne School4.4%
Midnapore School2.4%
MidSun School6.9%
Monterey Park School5.7%
Mount Royal School2.4%
Mount View School7.4%
Mountain Park School4.0%
Nellie McClung School2.9%
Nelson Mandela High School3.9%
New Brighton School2.5%
Nickle School6.9%
Niitsitapi Learning Centre2.2%
North Haven School3.0%
North Trail High School3.2%
Northern Lights School2.7%
Nose Creek School4.4%
O. S. Geiger School3.0%
Olympic Heights School3.8%
Panorama Hills School4.3%
Patrick Airlie School5.2%
Penbrooke Meadows School8.6%
Peter Lougheed School3.3%
Piitoayis Family School1.4%
Pineridge School4.5%
Prairie Sky School4.3%
Prince Of Wales School3.8%
Queen Elizabeth High School4.0%
Queen Elizabeth School1.2%
R. T. Alderman School4.3%
Radisson Park School2.6%
Ramsay School3.1%
Ranchlands School4.1%
Richmond School2.2%
Rideau Park School2.6%
Riverbend School1.3%
Riverside School1.4%
Robert Thirsk High School4.2%
Robert Warren School2.6%
Roland Michener School2.6%
Ron Southern School3.2%
Rosedale School2.2%
Rosemont School2.0%
Royal Oak School2.9%
Rundle School3.5%
Saddle Ridge School3.0%
Sam Livingston School3.3%
Samuel W. Shaw School4.6%
Scenic Acres School0.5%
Senator Patrick Burns School4.4%
Sherwood School5.0%
Sibylla Kiddle School1.4%
Silver Springs School5.4%
Simon Fraser School3.7%
Simons Valley School1.6%
Sir John A. Macdonald School3.7%
Sir John Franklin School6.3%
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School3.4%
Sir Winston Churchill High School2.8%
Somerset School6.3%
Stanley Jones School3.3%
Sunalta School1.6%
Sundance School1.9%
Sunnyside School2.3%
Taradale School3.7%
Ted Harrison School2.4%
Terrace Road School4.8%
Terry Fox School3.7%
The Hamptons School3.4%
Thomas B. Riley School1.7%
Thorncliffe School5.3%
Tom Baines School7.0%
Tuscany School3.6%
Twelve Mile Coulee School5.2%
University School2.2%
Valley Creek School3.8%
Valley View School2.6%
Varsity Acres School2.2%
Vincent Massey School4.2%
Vista Heights School3.2%
W. O. Mitchell School2.4%
West Dalhousie School2.0%
West Dover School5.1%
West Ridge School5.6%
West Springs School3.6%
Western Canada High School3.8%
Westgate School2.6%
Wildwood School3.4%
William Aberhart High School3.6%
William D. Pratt School5.8%
William Reid School1.6%
William Roper Hull School3.1%
Willow Park School3.5%
Wilma Hansen School7.3%
Woodbine School1.5%
Woodlands School3.6%
Woodman School4.9%
Wood's Homes School2.2%​​​


 
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