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.​​​​​​​​


Sum​​mer

Please note | Thursday, June 25 was the last day of classes and absence reporting for the 2024-25​ school year.

 Student Absence Rate Due t​​​o Illness​

June 26, 2025
 GradeNumber Percentage
K-33960.93%
4-62420.75%
7-92980.93%
10-12190.06%
K-129550.679%​


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

SchoolJune 26, 2025
A. E. Cross School3.3%
Abbeydale School0.9%
Acadia School0.8%
Alex Munro School0.4%
Alexander Ferguson School2.7%
All Boys Program0.0%
Altadore School0.6%
Alternative High School0.0%
Andrew Sibbald School0.7%
Annie Foote School0.7%
Annie Gale School0.5%
Arbour Lake School1.4%
Auburn Bay School0.0%
Balmoral School0.5%
Banff Trail School0.9%
Banting and Best School1.2%
Battalion Park School0.7%
Bayside School1.0%
Beddington Heights School0.5%
Belfast School1.5%
Belvedere Parkway School1.5%
Bishop Pinkham School0.0%
Bob Edwards School0.4%
Bowcroft School0.0%
Bowness High School0.0%
Braeside School1.0%
Branton School0.4%
Brentwood School0.8%
Briar Hill School0.0%
Bridlewood School0.8%
Buchanan School0.5%
Buffalo Rubbing Stone School1.4%
Cambrian Heights School0.2%
Canyon Meadows School0.8%
Capitol Hill School0.9%
Cappy Smart School0.8%
Captain John Palliser School0.2%
Captain Nichola Goddard School0.1%
Catherine Nichols Gunn School1.3%
Cecil Swanson School0.3%
Cedarbrae School1.7%
Centennial High School0.0%
Central Memorial High School0.1%
Chaparral School0.0%
Chief Justice Milvain School1.4%
Children's Village School1.3%
Chinook Park School0.0%
Chris Akkerman School0.8%
Christine Meikle School3.3%
Citadel Park School1.4%
Clarence Sansom School0.8%
Collingwood School0.9%
Colonel Irvine School1.1%
Colonel J. Fred Scott School0.9%
Colonel Macleod School1.7%
Colonel Sanders School1.0%
Colonel Walker School0.6%
Connaught School1.3%
Copperfield School1.2%
Coventry Hills School1.2%
Cranston School0.2%
Crescent Heights High School0.1%
Crossing Park School0.9%
Dalhousie School0.9%
David Thompson School0.9%
Deer Run School0.6%
Douglas Harkness School0.3%
Douglasdale School0.8%
Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School0.0%
Dr. E. W. Coffin School0.5%
Dr. Freda Miller School1.0%
Dr. George Stanley School0.0%
Dr. Gladys McKelvie Egbert School1.4%
Dr. Gordon Higgins School1.4%
Dr. Gordon Townsend School0.0%
Dr. J. K. Mulloy School2.0%
Dr. Martha Cohen School3.0%
Dr. Oakley School1.1%
Dr. Roberta Bondar School0.9%
Earl Grey School1.0%
Edgemont School0.2%
Elbow Park School0.0%
Elboya School0.4%
Emily Follensbee School5.9%
Eric Harvie School1.7%
Erin Woods School1.2%
Ernest Manning High School0.0%
Ernest Morrow School0.6%
Ethel M. Johnson School1.5%
Eugene Coste School0.0%
Evergreen School1.4%
F. E. Osborne School0.8%
Fairview School0.7%
Falconridge School0.7%
Fish Creek School0.5%
Forest Lawn High School0.0%
G. W. Skene School0.0%
Georges P. Vanier School0.9%
Glamorgan School0.9%
Glenbrook School1.1%
Glendale School0.4%
Glenmeadows School0.6%
Grant MacEwan School0.8%
Griffith Woods School0.3%
Guy Weadick School2.6%
H. D. Cartwright School0.8%
Harold Panabaker School1.7%
Haultain Memorial School0.0%
Hawkwood School0.3%
Haysboro School0.4%
Henry Wise Wood High School0.0%
Hidden Valley School1.6%
Highwood School2.0%
Hillhurst School1.5%
Hugh A. Bennett School2.5%
Huntington Hills School1.2%
Ian Bazalgette School1.5%
Jack James High School0.0%
James Fowler High School0.0%
James Short Memorial School4.5%
Janet Johnstone School0.9%
Jennie Elliott School0.8%
Joane Cardinal-Schubert High School0.0%
John G. Diefenbaker High School#N/A
John Ware School1.8%
Keeler School1.7%
Kenneth D. Taylor School1.4%
Killarney School0.9%
King George School0.3%
Lake Bonavista School0.9%
Lakeshore School1.0%
Le Roi Daniels School0.9%
Lester B. Pearson High School0.1%
Lord Beaverbrook High School0.1%
Louis Riel School0.4%
Louise Dean School0.0%
Mahogany School0.7%
Manmeet Singh Bhullar School1.1%
Maple Ridge School0.3%
Marion Carson School0.4%
Marlborough School0.8%
Marshall Springs School0.8%
Mayland Heights School1.3%
McKenzie Highlands School1.9%
McKenzie Lake School1.0%
McKenzie Towne School0.4%
Midnapore School1.0%
MidSun School0.9%
Monterey Park School2.2%
Mount Royal School0.0%
Mount View School2.0%
Mountain Park School0.9%
Nellie McClung School0.0%
Nelson Mandela High School0.1%
New Brighton School0.6%
Nickle School0.0%
Niitsitapi Learning Centre2.2%
North Haven School0.7%
North Trail High School0.1%
Northern Lights School1.6%
Nose Creek School1.3%
O. S. Geiger School0.9%
Olympic Heights School0.4%
Panorama Hills School2.0%
Patrick Airlie School0.8%
Penbrooke Meadows School1.1%
Peter Lougheed School1.0%
Piitoayis Family School1.0%
Pineridge School0.8%
Prairie Sky School1.1%
Prince Of Wales School0.3%
Queen Elizabeth High School0.4%
Queen Elizabeth School0.7%
R. T. Alderman School1.2%
Radisson Park School1.8%
Ramsay School1.0%
Ranchlands School2.0%
Richmond School1.7%
Rideau Park School0.9%
Riverbend School0.0%
Riverside School1.2%
Robert Thirsk High School0.2%
Robert Warren School1.0%
Roland Michener School1.1%
Ron Southern School0.4%
Rosedale School1.1%
Rosemont School2.2%
Royal Oak School1.3%
Rundle School1.4%
Saddle Ridge School1.6%
Sam Livingston School0.0%
Samuel W. Shaw School0.6%
Scenic Acres School1.0%
Senator Patrick Burns School0.5%
Sherwood School0.5%
Sibylla Kiddle School0.5%
Silver Springs School0.4%
Simon Fraser School0.8%
Simons Valley School0.5%
Sir John A. Macdonald School0.3%
Sir John Franklin School0.8%
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School0.6%
Sir Winston Churchill High School0.0%
Somerset School1.9%
Stanley Jones School1.3%
Sunalta School0.0%
Sundance School0.2%
Sunnyside School0.0%
Taradale School0.3%
Ted Harrison School0.2%
Terrace Road School0.5%
Terry Fox School1.1%
The Hamptons School0.6%
Thomas B. Riley School1.0%
Thorncliffe School1.1%
Tom Baines School0.4%
Tuscany School0.6%
Twelve Mile Coulee School0.9%
University School1.3%
Valley Creek School1.0%
Valley View School2.0%
Varsity Acres School0.9%
Vincent Massey School#N/A
Vista Heights School2.0%
W. O. Mitchell School0.0%
West Dalhousie School0.7%
West Dover School0.0%
West Ridge School0.7%
West Springs School1.0%
Western Canada High School0.1%
Westgate School0.7%
Wildwood School0.9%
William Aberhart High School0.0%
William D. Pratt School1.3%
William Reid School0.3%
William Roper Hull School4.9%
Willow Park School0.7%
Wilma Hansen School0.5%
Woodbine School0.8%
Woodlands School0.4%
Woodman School1.1%
Wood's Homes School0.0%​​​


 
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