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.​

​​Monitoring 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.​​​​​

 Student Absence Rate Due t​​​o Illness​

October 11, 2024
 GradeNumber Percentage
K-315023.582%
4-611113.510%
7-911733.722%
10-1210963.211%
K-12
4882
3.507%​​


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

SchoolOctober 11, 2024
A. E. Cross School5.7%
Abbeydale School3.4%
Acadia School1.2%
Alex Munro School3.7%
Alexander Ferguson School3.2%
All Boys Program9.1%
Altadore School2.0%
Alternative High School4.4%
Andrew Sibbald School3.1%
Annie Foote School5.8%
Annie Gale School4.7%
Arbour Lake School2.5%
Auburn Bay School2.4%
Balmoral School1.7%
Banff Trail School2.3%
Banting and Best School4.5%
Battalion Park School3.7%
Bayside School4.8%
Beddington Heights School6.7%
Belfast School5.1%
Belvedere Parkway School3.5%
Bishop Pinkham School2.4%
Bob Edwards School4.3%
Bowcroft School7.0%
Bowness High School3.6%
Braeside School5.4%
Branton School2.3%
Brentwood School2.0%
Briar Hill School3.8%
Bridlewood School5.2%
Buchanan School3.7%
Buffalo Rubbing Stone School2.7%
Cambrian Heights School6.2%
Canyon Meadows School5.5%
Capitol Hill School2.5%
Cappy Smart School3.4%
Captain John Palliser School4.1%
Captain Nichola Goddard School3.8%
Catherine Nichols Gunn School3.4%
Cecil Swanson School4.3%
Cedarbrae School4.1%
Centennial High School4.1%
Central Memorial High School3.3%
Chaparral School3.2%
Chief Justice Milvain School2.9%
Children's Village School5.4%
Chinook Park School1.8%
Chris Akkerman School6.7%
Christine Meikle School2.5%
Citadel Park School5.4%
Clarence Sansom School5.1%
Collingwood School5.7%
Colonel Irvine School2.3%
Colonel J. Fred Scott School6.3%
Colonel Macleod School3.9%
Colonel Sanders School2.8%
Colonel Walker School3.5%
Connaught School4.8%
Copperfield School5.3%
Coventry Hills School4.7%
Cranston School3.6%
Crescent Heights High School2.5%
Crossing Park School4.0%
Dalhousie School2.8%
David Thompson School3.6%
Deer Run School4.1%
Douglas Harkness School5.2%
Douglasdale School4.1%
Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School3.5%
Dr. E. W. Coffin School3.9%
Dr. Freda Miller School3.1%
Dr. George Stanley School2.1%
Dr. Gladys McKelvie Egbert School4.0%
Dr. Gordon Higgins School2.5%
Dr. Gordon Townsend School0.0%
Dr. J. K. Mulloy School2.2%
Dr. Martha Cohen School4.6%
Dr. Oakley School3.4%
Dr. Roberta Bondar School3.5%
Earl Grey School5.2%
Edgemont School2.5%
Elbow Park School3.4%
Elboya School2.8%
Emily Follensbee School12.8%
Eric Harvie School4.8%
Erin Woods School3.0%
Ernest Manning High School2.4%
Ernest Morrow School5.4%
Ethel M. Johnson School5.1%
Eugene Coste School2.7%
Evergreen School2.7%
F. E. Osborne School3.5%
Fairview School2.4%
Falconridge School4.3%
Fish Creek School1.1%
Forest Lawn High School3.9%
G. W. Skene School3.5%
Georges P. Vanier School3.7%
Glamorgan School1.8%
Glenbrook School6.2%
Glendale School2.9%
Glenmeadows School2.6%
Grant MacEwan School4.0%
Griffith Woods School1.8%
Guy Weadick School5.3%
H. D. Cartwright School9.7%
Harold Panabaker School3.9%
Haultain Memorial School3.8%
Hawkwood School4.2%
Haysboro School3.9%
Henry Wise Wood High School2.7%
Hidden Valley School4.3%
Highwood School3.9%
Hillhurst School1.4%
Hugh A. Bennett School10.2%
Huntington Hills School4.2%
Ian Bazalgette School4.8%
Jack James High School5.4%
James Fowler High School2.5%
James Short Memorial School10.1%
Janet Johnstone School4.5%
Jennie Elliott School4.0%
Joane Cardinal-Schubert High School3.2%
John G. Diefenbaker High School2.8%
John Ware School3.1%
Keeler School3.9%
Kenneth D. Taylor School4.6%
Killarney School2.7%
King George School3.5%
Lake Bonavista School2.0%
Lakeshore School3.7%
Le Roi Daniels School3.9%
Lester B. Pearson High School3.3%
Lord Beaverbrook High School3.7%
Louis Riel School3.3%
Louise Dean School4.0%
Mahogany School3.0%
Manmeet Singh Bhullar School4.2%
Maple Ridge School2.0%
Marion Carson School2.1%
Marlborough School3.2%
Marshall Springs School2.8%
Mayland Heights School5.6%
McKenzie Highlands School3.5%
McKenzie Lake School4.8%
McKenzie Towne School2.1%
Midnapore School2.3%
MidSun School3.4%
Monterey Park School4.6%
Mount Royal School3.8%
Mount View School3.6%
Mountain Park School4.0%
Nellie McClung School2.4%
Nelson Mandela High School4.0%
New Brighton School4.9%
Nickle School6.2%
Niitsitapi Learning Centre4.8%
North Haven School7.3%
North Trail High School2.8%
Northern Lights School3.0%
Nose Creek School2.8%
O. S. Geiger School4.1%
Olympic Heights School2.3%
Panorama Hills School4.0%
Patrick Airlie School3.6%
Penbrooke Meadows School4.4%
Peter Lougheed School3.4%
Piitoayis Family School7.0%
Pineridge School5.6%
Prairie Sky School5.5%
Prince Of Wales School4.1%
Queen Elizabeth High School3.1%
Queen Elizabeth School2.0%
R. T. Alderman School3.5%
Radisson Park School3.3%
Ramsay School7.1%
Ranchlands School6.4%
Richmond School4.3%
Rideau Park School2.2%
Riverbend School1.8%
Riverside School3.8%
Robert Thirsk High School4.1%
Robert Warren School2.6%
Roland Michener School6.4%
Ron Southern School3.4%
Rosedale School1.9%
Rosemont School4.8%
Royal Oak School4.0%
Rundle School4.2%
Saddle Ridge School5.7%
Sam Livingston School2.0%
Samuel W. Shaw School5.0%
Scenic Acres School0.5%
Senator Patrick Burns School3.9%
Sherwood School3.5%
Sibylla Kiddle School2.0%
Silver Springs School4.4%
Simon Fraser School5.1%
Simons Valley School3.0%
Sir John A. Macdonald School4.4%
Sir John Franklin School4.6%
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School4.6%
Sir Winston Churchill High School3.1%
Somerset School5.5%
Stanley Jones School3.3%
Sunalta School4.0%
Sundance School4.5%
Sunnyside School6.8%
Taradale School4.6%
Ted Harrison School3.7%
Terrace Road School1.4%
Terry Fox School3.1%
The Hamptons School3.4%
Thomas B. Riley School3.0%
Thorncliffe School3.1%
Tom Baines School3.4%
Tuscany School2.3%
Twelve Mile Coulee School2.7%
University School1.7%
Valley Creek School2.4%
Valley View School6.6%
Varsity Acres School2.9%
Vincent Massey School2.7%
Vista Heights School9.2%
W. O. Mitchell School3.7%
West Dalhousie School3.4%
West Dover School3.2%
West Ridge School1.5%
West Springs School5.1%
Western Canada High School2.6%
Westgate School1.4%
Wildwood School3.2%
William Aberhart High School2.5%
William D. Pratt School3.2%
William Reid School1.8%
William Roper Hull School2.1%
Willow Park School4.6%
Wilma Hansen School3.5%
Woodbine School2.4%
Woodlands School4.3%
Woodman School3.1%
Wood's Homes School1.4%​​


 
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