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

The CBE uses MERV 13 filters in schools wherever possible. These filters are changed more frequently then recommended. 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.​​​​​​​


 Student Absence Rate Due t​​​o Illness​

May 13, 2025
 GradeNumber Percentage
K-315233.57%
4-611813.68%
7-913524.24%
10-1211413.53%
K-1251973.741%​


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

SchoolMay 13, 2025
A. E. Cross School6.4%
Abbeydale School4.6%
Acadia School4.1%
Alex Munro School7.4%
Alexander Ferguson School3.8%
All Boys Program0.0%
Altadore School2.4%
Alternative High School4.4%
Andrew Sibbald School3.0%
Annie Foote School4.1%
Annie Gale School3.9%
Arbour Lake School5.5%
Auburn Bay School3.1%
Balmoral School3.7%
Banff Trail School2.8%
Banting and Best School3.6%
Battalion Park School4.3%
Bayside School3.3%
Beddington Heights School3.5%
Belfast School1.5%
Belvedere Parkway School2.2%
Bishop Pinkham School4.2%
Bob Edwards School2.5%
Bowcroft School3.1%
Bowness High School4.1%
Braeside School4.1%
Branton School4.4%
Brentwood School3.1%
Briar Hill School3.1%
Bridlewood School3.4%
Buchanan School0.5%
Buffalo Rubbing Stone School3.4%
Cambrian Heights School3.8%
Canyon Meadows School3.3%
Capitol Hill School6.1%
Cappy Smart School2.5%
Captain John Palliser School2.9%
Captain Nichola Goddard School2.8%
Catherine Nichols Gunn School3.4%
Cecil Swanson School2.3%
Cedarbrae School5.6%
Centennial High School3.9%
Central Memorial High School4.9%
Chaparral School5.0%
Chief Justice Milvain School5.1%
Children's Village School3.7%
Chinook Park School4.2%
Chris Akkerman School2.4%
Christine Meikle School2.5%
Citadel Park School4.0%
Clarence Sansom School4.3%
Collingwood School3.7%
Colonel Irvine School3.9%
Colonel J. Fred Scott School4.2%
Colonel Macleod School3.2%
Colonel Sanders School4.7%
Colonel Walker School4.2%
Connaught School1.8%
Copperfield School6.2%
Coventry Hills School6.1%
Cranston School2.4%
Crescent Heights High School2.8%
Crossing Park School3.6%
Dalhousie School3.8%
David Thompson School4.1%
Deer Run School4.9%
Douglas Harkness School5.1%
Douglasdale School3.5%
Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School4.5%
Dr. E. W. Coffin School4.8%
Dr. Freda Miller School4.2%
Dr. George Stanley School3.5%
Dr. Gladys McKelvie Egbert School5.3%
Dr. Gordon Higgins School5.4%
Dr. Gordon Townsend School3.4%
Dr. J. K. Mulloy School3.7%
Dr. Martha Cohen School3.7%
Dr. Oakley School3.8%
Dr. Roberta Bondar School2.1%
Earl Grey School5.1%
Edgemont School3.4%
Elbow Park School4.2%
Elboya School3.0%
Emily Follensbee School11.9%
Eric Harvie School2.9%
Erin Woods School5.3%
Ernest Manning High School2.1%
Ernest Morrow School3.8%
Ethel M. Johnson School5.2%
Eugene Coste School3.0%
Evergreen School5.0%
F. E. Osborne School4.8%
Fairview School2.2%
Falconridge School4.5%
Fish Creek School3.0%
Forest Lawn High School3.4%
G. W. Skene School1.9%
Georges P. Vanier School3.0%
Glamorgan School2.8%
Glenbrook School5.0%
Glendale School3.1%
Glenmeadows School3.9%
Grant MacEwan School3.4%
Griffith Woods School2.0%
Guy Weadick School2.7%
H. D. Cartwright School5.8%
Harold Panabaker School5.2%
Haultain Memorial School8.2%
Hawkwood School3.6%
Haysboro School0.8%
Henry Wise Wood High School4.2%
Hidden Valley School3.4%
Highwood School7.2%
Hillhurst School1.4%
Hugh A. Bennett School3.8%
Huntington Hills School4.9%
Ian Bazalgette School4.9%
Jack James High School3.3%
James Fowler High School#N/A
James Short Memorial School7.6%
Janet Johnstone School4.3%
Jennie Elliott School3.6%
Joane Cardinal-Schubert High School3.6%
John G. Diefenbaker High School2.8%
John Ware School6.2%
Keeler School3.9%
Kenneth D. Taylor School5.6%
Killarney School2.3%
King George School2.6%
Lake Bonavista School3.9%
Lakeshore School4.4%
Le Roi Daniels School2.9%
Lester B. Pearson High School3.4%
Lord Beaverbrook High School3.7%
Louis Riel School3.2%
Louise Dean School14.3%
Mahogany School2.7%
Manmeet Singh Bhullar School4.4%
Maple Ridge School1.5%
Marion Carson School5.2%
Marlborough School2.5%
Marshall Springs School3.3%
Mayland Heights School5.4%
McKenzie Highlands School5.7%
McKenzie Lake School4.3%
McKenzie Towne School4.5%
Midnapore School4.4%
MidSun School3.9%
Monterey Park School3.8%
Mount Royal School3.7%
Mount View School1.5%
Mountain Park School4.5%
Nellie McClung School1.8%
Nelson Mandela High School4.6%
New Brighton School4.9%
Nickle School2.7%
Niitsitapi Learning Centre6.7%
North Haven School3.2%
North Trail High School2.5%
Northern Lights School4.3%
Nose Creek School4.3%
O. S. Geiger School4.0%
Olympic Heights School6.3%
Panorama Hills School3.6%
Patrick Airlie School2.0%
Penbrooke Meadows School4.2%
Peter Lougheed School4.4%
Piitoayis Family School3.0%
Pineridge School3.9%
Prairie Sky School4.5%
Prince Of Wales School2.6%
Queen Elizabeth High School3.5%
Queen Elizabeth School1.6%
R. T. Alderman School4.0%
Radisson Park School2.7%
Ramsay School4.3%
Ranchlands School1.8%
Richmond School4.1%
Rideau Park School3.3%
Riverbend School3.7%
Riverside School3.6%
Robert Thirsk High School3.2%
Robert Warren School5.2%
Roland Michener School6.6%
Ron Southern School3.4%
Rosedale School2.9%
Rosemont School2.5%
Royal Oak School4.4%
Rundle School3.2%
Saddle Ridge School5.1%
Sam Livingston School3.0%
Samuel W. Shaw School4.6%
Scenic Acres School3.1%
Senator Patrick Burns School4.2%
Sherwood School4.4%
Sibylla Kiddle School2.9%
Silver Springs School3.1%
Simon Fraser School4.9%
Simons Valley School3.5%
Sir John A. Macdonald School4.7%
Sir John Franklin School4.2%
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School1.5%
Sir Winston Churchill High School3.5%
Somerset School3.8%
Stanley Jones School3.9%
Sunalta School2.4%
Sundance School4.2%
Sunnyside School4.0%
Taradale School4.5%
Ted Harrison School3.8%
Terrace Road School1.5%
Terry Fox School3.3%
The Hamptons School7.4%
Thomas B. Riley School6.3%
Thorncliffe School1.1%
Tom Baines School4.3%
Tuscany School1.4%
Twelve Mile Coulee School6.4%
University School2.3%
Valley Creek School4.8%
Valley View School6.6%
Varsity Acres School2.4%
Vincent Massey School3.9%
Vista Heights School6.0%
W. O. Mitchell School2.1%
West Dalhousie School3.2%
West Dover School4.9%
West Ridge School2.5%
West Springs School1.7%
Western Canada High School3.1%
Westgate School4.7%
Wildwood School3.7%
William Aberhart High School3.0%
William D. Pratt School3.4%
William Reid School2.3%
William Roper Hull School1.9%
Willow Park School7.6%
Wilma Hansen School2.0%
Woodbine School2.5%
Woodlands School2.3%
Woodman School4.1%
Wood's Homes School1.4%​​


 
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