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 student 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 March 22 to April 1 for spring break. Data will n​ot be reported during this time. We will resume posting student absences after Tuesday, April 2. ​​​​

 Student Absence Rate Due t​​​o Illness​

March 21, 2024​
GradeNumber Percentage
K-321625.211%
4-6​1504
4.768%
7-917525.657%
10-1214724.514%
K-1268905.043%


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

SchoolMarch 21, 2024
A. E. Cross School7.3%
Abbeydale School​​
5.8%
Acadia School9.5%
Alex Munro School3.7%
Alexander Ferguson School5.1%
All Boys Program4.2%
Altadore School3.0%
Alternative High School
1.4%
Andrew Sibbald School6.2%
Annie Foote School6.5%
Annie Gale School3.4%
Arbour Lake School5.6%
Auburn Bay School4.9%
Balmoral School3.8%
Banff Trail School2.6%
Banting and Best School12.1%
Battalion Park School3.4%
Bayside School4.4%
Beddington Heights School4.1%
Belfast School5.2%
Belvedere Parkway School7.5%
Bishop Pinkham School5.6%
Bob Edwards School5.9%
Bowcroft School5.6%
Bowness High School5.3%
Braeside School2.6%
Branton School4.8%
Brentwood School4.3%
Briar Hill School3.6%
Bridlewood School4.4%
Buchanan School5.9%
Buffalo Rubbing Stone School4.2%
Cambrian Heights School6.4%
Canyon Meadows School4.6%
Capitol Hill School6.4%
Cappy Smart School6.0%
Captain John Palliser School4.3%
Captain Nichola Goddard School6.1%
Catherine Nichols Gunn School4.1%
Cecil Swanson School7.9%
Cedarbrae School2.3%
Centennial High School4.6%
Central Memorial High School4.7%
Chaparral School7.0%
Chief Justice Milvain School5.4%
Children's Village School6.5%
Chinook Park School2.7%
Chris Akkerman School8.6%
Christine Meikle School4.0%
Citadel Park School5.9%
Clarence Sansom School5.2%
Collingwood School2.9%
Colonel Irvine School2.9%
Colonel J. Fred Scott School8.1%
Colonel Macleod School2.6%
Colonel Sanders School4.4%
Colonel Walker School3.5%
Connaught School6.0%
Copperfield School5.4%
Coventry Hills School9.5%
Cranston School5.6%
Crescent Heights High School4.5%
Crossing Park School5.6%
Dalhousie School7.4%
David Thompson School3.6%
Deer Run School7.0%
Douglas Harkness School7.0%
Douglasdale School4.5%
Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School8.2%
Dr. E. W. Coffin School4.6%
Dr. Freda Miller School5.3%
Dr. George Stanley School5.3%
Dr. Gladys McKelvie Egbert School4.3%
Dr. Gordon Higgins School4.8%
Dr. Gordon Townsend School0.0%
Dr. J. K. Mulloy School5.9%
Dr. Martha Cohen School8.2%
Dr. Oakley School8.1%
Dr. Roberta Bondar School3.9%
Earl Grey School7.8%
Edgemont School5.8%
Elbow Park School1.9%
Elboya School3.8%
Emily Follensbee School18.4%
Eric Harvie School5.1%
Erin Woods School6.9%
Ernest Manning High School0.2%
Ernest Morrow School4.8%
Ethel M. Johnson School5.8%
Eugene Coste School4.8%
Evergreen School7.9%
F. E. Osborne School4.2%
Fairview School3.1%
Falconridge School7.8%
Fish Creek School3.7%
Forest Lawn High School4.0%
G. W. Skene School2.2%
Georges P. Vanier School4.6%
Glamorgan School5.8%
Glenbrook School4.2%
Glendale School4.4%
Glenmeadows School2.3%
Grant MacEwan School4.9%
Griffith Woods School4.6%
Guy Weadick School3.3%
H. D. Cartwright School5.7%
Harold Panabaker School3.4%
Haultain Memorial School12.5%
Hawkwood School4.5%
Haysboro School7.8%
Henry Wise Wood High School4.9%
Hidden Valley School10.5%
Highwood School3.7%
Hillhurst School3.5%
Hugh A. Bennett School10.0%
Huntington Hills School9.0%
Ian Bazalgette School9.3%
Jack James High School5.4%
James Fowler High School5.5%
James Short Memorial School8.5%
Janet Johnstone School6.2%
Jennie Elliott School4.7%
Joane Cardinal-Schubert High School3.7%
John G. Diefenbaker High School5.0%
John Ware School6.8%
Keeler School5.9%
Kenneth D. Taylor School6.8%
Killarney School4.4%
King George School3.2%
Lake Bonavista School3.0%
Lakeshore School4.2%
Le Roi Daniels School5.4%
Lester B. Pearson High School4.7%
Lord Beaverbrook High School4.6%
Louis Riel School4.2%
Louise Dean School8.3%
Mahogany School5.3%
Manmeet Singh Bhullar School6.1%
Maple Ridge School3.0%
Marion Carson School2.6%
Marlborough School4.5%
Marshall Springs School6.9%
Mayland Heights School7.4%
McKenzie Highlands School5.5%
McKenzie Lake School6.9%
McKenzie Towne School5.0%
Midnapore School6.9%
MidSun School6.5%
Monterey Park School8.1%
Mount Royal School5.9%
Mount View School4.0%
Mountain Park School8.2%
Nellie McClung School2.4%
Nelson Mandela High School4.9%
New Brighton School4.0%
Nickle School13.3%
Niitsitapi Learning Centre8.1%
North Haven School2.0%
North Trail High School4.4%
Northern Lights School6.5%
Nose Creek School6.3%
O. S. Geiger School4.8%
Olympic Heights School2.8%
Panorama Hills School4.8%
Patrick Airlie School5.0%
Penbrooke Meadows School11.1%
Peter Lougheed School6.5%
Piitoayis Family School4.7%
Pineridge School5.2%
Prairie Sky School7.4%
Prince Of Wales School7.3%
Queen Elizabeth High School5.4%
Queen Elizabeth School2.0%
R. T. Alderman School3.9%
Radisson Park School8.5%
Ramsay School10.0%
Ranchlands School7.7%
Richmond School4.4%
Rideau Park School1.9%
Riverbend School14.5%
Riverside School6.3%
Robert Thirsk High School4.6%
Robert Warren School4.8%
Roland Michener School5.0%
Ron Southern School4.9%
Rosedale School3.6%
Rosemont School7.5%
Royal Oak School3.9%
Rundle School6.7%
Saddle Ridge School9.3%
Sam Livingston School3.5%
Samuel W. Shaw School4.8%
Scenic Acres School2.6%
Senator Patrick Burns School8.1%
Sherwood School6.0%
Sibylla Kiddle School3.7%
Silver Springs School4.1%
Simon Fraser School5.0%
Simons Valley School4.6%
Sir John A. Macdonald School4.8%
Sir John Franklin School5.9%
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School6.1%
Sir Winston Churchill High School4.5%
Somerset School2.9%
Stanley Jones School4.7%
Sunalta School6.2%
Sundance School5.6%
Sunnyside School5.2%
Taradale School6.9%
Ted Harrison School4.1%
Terrace Road School5.3%
Terry Fox School4.5%
The Hamptons School6.2%
Thomas B. Riley School5.8%
Thorncliffe School3.2%
Tom Baines School5.5%
Tuscany School5.3%
Twelve Mile Coulee School3.9%
University School5.8%
Valley Creek School6.6%
Valley View School5.9%
Varsity Acres School2.6%
Vincent Massey School6.5%
Vista Heights School3.5%
W. O. Mitchell School2.0%
West Dalhousie School4.2%
West Dover School3.9%
West Ridge School3.6%
West Springs School3.7%
Western Canada High School3.8%
Westgate School3.2%
Wildwood School5.6%
William Aberhart High School4.7%
William D. Pratt School4.6%
William Reid School3.6%
William Roper Hull School4.3%
Willow Park School7.3%
Wilma Hansen School4.1%
Woodbine School3.4%
Woodlands School8.1%
Woodman School7.2%
Wood's Homes School1.5%


 
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