Health & Wellness in School
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.
Ventilation 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 Absences
We will continue to internally monitor student and staff absences during the school year. Daily school-by-school absence numbers are being posted to this page.
Diploma and Final Exams
Note | CBE high schools are currently writing diploma and final exams. This will impact absentee rates at the high school level. Full reporting will resume when regular classes start for the second semester on Jan. 28, 2025.
Student Absence Rate Due to Illness
| Grade | Number | Percentage |
| K-3 | 1565 | 3.706% |
| 4-6 | 1170 | 3.674% |
| 7-9 | 1321 | 4.170% |
| 10-12 | 321 | 0.942% |
Illness Outbreaks
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
| A. E. Cross School | 5.3% |
| Abbeydale School | 2.7% |
| Acadia School | 5.0% |
| Alex Munro School | 4.1% |
| Alexander Ferguson School | 5.9% |
| All Boys Program | 3.0% |
| Altadore School | 3.8% |
| Alternative High School | 1.5% |
| Andrew Sibbald School | 2.4% |
| Annie Foote School | 4.5% |
| Annie Gale School | 2.9% |
| Arbour Lake School | 5.8% |
| Auburn Bay School | 3.0% |
| Balmoral School | 3.5% |
| Banff Trail School | 2.6% |
| Banting and Best School | 3.9% |
| Battalion Park School | 3.1% |
| Bayside School | 4.8% |
| Beddington Heights School | 3.8% |
| Belfast School | 3.4% |
| Belvedere Parkway School | 3.5% |
| Bishop Pinkham School | 2.1% |
| Bob Edwards School | 2.9% |
| Bowcroft School | 3.4% |
| Bowness High School | 0.1% |
| Braeside School | 4.9% |
| Branton School | 3.6% |
| Brentwood School | 2.6% |
| Briar Hill School | 2.2% |
| Bridlewood School | 4.7% |
| Buchanan School | 2.1% |
| Buffalo Rubbing Stone School | 5.3% |
| Cambrian Heights School | 8.6% |
| Canyon Meadows School | 3.7% |
| Capitol Hill School | 2.3% |
| Cappy Smart School | 2.9% |
| Captain John Palliser School | 2.8% |
| Captain Nichola Goddard School | 3.3% |
| Catherine Nichols Gunn School | 4.0% |
| Cecil Swanson School | 5.5% |
| Cedarbrae School | 4.7% |
| Centennial High School | 0.2% |
| Central Memorial High School | 0.1% |
| Chaparral School | 5.0% |
| Chief Justice Milvain School | 4.1% |
| Children's Village School | 3.8% |
| Chinook Park School | 1.9% |
| Chris Akkerman School | 3.4% |
| Christine Meikle School | 5.7% |
| Citadel Park School | 4.3% |
| Clarence Sansom School | 3.6% |
| Collingwood School | 3.2% |
| Colonel Irvine School | 2.4% |
| Colonel J. Fred Scott School | 4.4% |
| Colonel Macleod School | 3.2% |
| Colonel Sanders School | 3.6% |
| Colonel Walker School | 3.6% |
| Connaught School | 2.6% |
| Copperfield School | 6.2% |
| Coventry Hills School | 3.7% |
| Cranston School | 6.1% |
| Crescent Heights High School | 0.1% |
| Crossing Park School | 4.4% |
| Dalhousie School | 1.4% |
| David Thompson School | 5.7% |
| Deer Run School | 3.8% |
| Douglas Harkness School | 3.4% |
| Douglasdale School | 3.5% |
| Dr. E. P. Scarlett High School | 0.0% |
| Dr. E. W. Coffin School | 4.7% |
| Dr. Freda Miller School | 4.0% |
| Dr. George Stanley School | 3.9% |
| Dr. Gladys McKelvie Egbert School | 4.3% |
| Dr. Gordon Higgins School | 3.0% |
| Dr. Gordon Townsend School | 0.0% |
| Dr. J. K. Mulloy School | 2.8% |
| Dr. Martha Cohen School | 4.6% |
| Dr. Oakley School | 3.8% |
| Dr. Roberta Bondar School | 3.5% |
| Earl Grey School | 4.6% |
| Edgemont School | 5.4% |
| Elbow Park School | 3.8% |
| Elboya School | 3.7% |
| Emily Follensbee School | 15.1% |
| Eric Harvie School | 3.6% |
| Erin Woods School | 4.3% |
| Ernest Manning High School | 0.1% |
| Ernest Morrow School | 4.4% |
| Ethel M. Johnson School | 4.7% |
| Eugene Coste School | 2.7% |
| Evergreen School | 2.4% |
| F. E. Osborne School | 2.6% |
| Fairview School | 1.9% |
| Falconridge School | 6.4% |
| Fish Creek School | 2.5% |
| Forest Lawn High School | 0.3% |
| G. W. Skene School | 3.6% |
| Georges P. Vanier School | 3.8% |
| Glamorgan School | 4.0% |
| Glenbrook School | 4.3% |
| Glendale School | 3.3% |
| Glenmeadows School | 3.4% |
| Grant MacEwan School | 2.8% |
| Griffith Woods School | 3.6% |
| Guy Weadick School | 4.0% |
| H. D. Cartwright School | 4.2% |
| Harold Panabaker School | 3.8% |
| Haultain Memorial School | 3.3% |
| Hawkwood School | 2.9% |
| Haysboro School | 3.0% |
| Henry Wise Wood High School | 2.3% |
| Hidden Valley School | 4.3% |
| Highwood School | 1.3% |
| Hillhurst School | 1.7% |
| Hugh A. Bennett School | 6.1% |
| Huntington Hills School | 2.4% |
| Ian Bazalgette School | 4.5% |
| Jack James High School | 2.2% |
| James Fowler High School | 0.0% |
| James Short Memorial School | 3.0% |
| Janet Johnstone School | 5.7% |
| Jennie Elliott School | 3.1% |
| Joane Cardinal-Schubert High School | 0.1% |
| John G. Diefenbaker High School | #N/A |
| John Ware School | 6.0% |
| Keeler School | 3.2% |
| Kenneth D. Taylor School | 4.0% |
| Killarney School | 4.3% |
| King George School | 2.1% |
| Lake Bonavista School | 4.4% |
| Lakeshore School | 4.1% |
| Le Roi Daniels School | 0.8% |
| Lester B. Pearson High School | 0.1% |
| Lord Beaverbrook High School | 2.4% |
| Louis Riel School | 3.2% |
| Louise Dean School | 0.0% |
| Mahogany School | 3.1% |
| Manmeet Singh Bhullar School | 6.0% |
| Maple Ridge School | 2.0% |
| Marion Carson School | 3.5% |
| Marlborough School | 3.5% |
| Marshall Springs School | 3.1% |
| Mayland Heights School | 2.7% |
| McKenzie Highlands School | 4.2% |
| McKenzie Lake School | 4.1% |
| McKenzie Towne School | 3.1% |
| Midnapore School | 2.6% |
| MidSun School | 4.2% |
| Monterey Park School | 4.9% |
| Mount Royal School | 3.2% |
| Mount View School | 4.0% |
| Mountain Park School | 6.3% |
| Nellie McClung School | 2.9% |
| Nelson Mandela High School | 4.8% |
| New Brighton School | 2.7% |
| Nickle School | 5.8% |
| Niitsitapi Learning Centre | 4.3% |
| North Haven School | 4.0% |
| North Trail High School | 2.1% |
| Northern Lights School | 3.6% |
| Nose Creek School | 5.6% |
| O. S. Geiger School | 6.3% |
| Olympic Heights School | 3.8% |
| Panorama Hills School | 3.1% |
| Patrick Airlie School | 2.8% |
| Penbrooke Meadows School | 6.3% |
| Peter Lougheed School | 4.7% |
| Piitoayis Family School | 7.1% |
| Pineridge School | 4.9% |
| Prairie Sky School | 3.7% |
| Prince Of Wales School | 2.0% |
| Queen Elizabeth High School | 2.4% |
| Queen Elizabeth School | 1.4% |
| R. T. Alderman School | 4.3% |
| Radisson Park School | 4.8% |
| Ramsay School | 2.4% |
| Ranchlands School | 4.1% |
| Richmond School | 6.0% |
| Rideau Park School | 4.4% |
| Riverbend School | 3.0% |
| Riverside School | 3.6% |
| Robert Thirsk High School | 4.2% |
| Robert Warren School | 5.2% |
| Roland Michener School | 2.1% |
| Ron Southern School | 4.8% |
| Rosedale School | 4.5% |
| Rosemont School | 5.4% |
| Royal Oak School | 2.8% |
| Rundle School | 3.8% |
| Saddle Ridge School | 5.6% |
| Sam Livingston School | 4.0% |
| Samuel W. Shaw School | 3.5% |
| Scenic Acres School | 0.0% |
| Senator Patrick Burns School | 6.0% |
| Sherwood School | 6.1% |
| Sibylla Kiddle School | 2.3% |
| Silver Springs School | 1.6% |
| Simon Fraser School | 6.0% |
| Simons Valley School | 2.6% |
| Sir John A. Macdonald School | 4.9% |
| Sir John Franklin School | 6.5% |
| Sir Wilfrid Laurier School | 2.3% |
| Sir Winston Churchill High School | 0.0% |
| Somerset School | 5.6% |
| Stanley Jones School | 4.3% |
| Sunalta School | 5.8% |
| Sundance School | 3.2% |
| Sunnyside School | 2.8% |
| Taradale School | 3.6% |
| Ted Harrison School | 3.4% |
| Terrace Road School | 5.2% |
| Terry Fox School | 3.5% |
| The Hamptons School | 4.6% |
| Thomas B. Riley School | 2.6% |
| Thorncliffe School | 5.0% |
| Tom Baines School | 2.4% |
| Tuscany School | 3.5% |
| Twelve Mile Coulee School | 4.9% |
| University School | 2.5% |
| Valley Creek School | 3.9% |
| Valley View School | 6.8% |
| Varsity Acres School | 2.0% |
| Vincent Massey School | 4.9% |
| Vista Heights School | 3.9% |
| W. O. Mitchell School | 3.9% |
| West Dalhousie School | 3.6% |
| West Dover School | 1.9% |
| West Ridge School | 3.3% |
| West Springs School | 2.6% |
| Western Canada High School | 0.0% |
| Westgate School | 3.3% |
| Wildwood School | 3.0% |
| William Aberhart High School | 0.1% |
| William D. Pratt School | 4.8% |
| William Reid School | 2.3% |
| William Roper Hull School | 3.1% |
| Willow Park School | 6.0% |
| Wilma Hansen School | 2.0% |
| Woodbine School | 4.5% |
| Woodlands School | 3.2% |
| Woodman School | 4.9% |
| Wood's Homes School | 0.7%
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