General Health Measures
In all matters of health, CBE takes direction from Alberta Education and Alberta Health Services. Find out how you can reduce the spread and lessen the impact of illness in school communities.
Routine Immunizations
The CBE supports the AHS school-based immunization program.
Attendance Line 403-777-6120 ext. 1.
It is important that you call the school if your child is going to be absent or arriving late.
Absences
Every child is expected to be in school on all designated school days by the CBE, unless illness or personal reasons make attendance impossible. Parents/guardians are required to phone and leave a message on the attendance line before the start of the day, if a child is going to be absent for any reason. When leaving a message, please clearly speak and/or spell your child’s first and last name, their homeroom number, grade and reason for absence. For security purposes, if you do not contact the office to report an absence, the school will contact you. We appreciate your communication as it helps to keep all our students safe. Learn more about Attendance.
Illness & Injury
Students showing signs or symptoms of illness should stay home from school.
When children become ill at school, every effort will be made to contact parents, guardians and/or emergency contacts. Upon contact, a parent should arrange for pick up within an hour.
Should a child be injured at school, every effort will be made to contact parents, guardians and/or emergency contacts.
In the event where an injury requires immediate emergency care and a parent, guardian and/or emergency contact cannot be reached, 911 will be called.
In critical situations, 911 may be prioritized if deemed appropriate.
Student Medication/Allergies
The administration of medication is the responsibility of the parent. For medication to be administered at the school, parents are required to complete a Student Health Plan. For the safety of all children, it is imperative that parents/guardians indicate on the Student Health Emergency Response Protocol Form any food and/or environmental allergies.
If a child has a severe allergy that requires the administration of an Epi-Pen or inhaler, the child must carry the Epi-Pen or inhaler on their person at all times.
We are an “Allergy Aware” school which means, by educating the community and ourselves, we will better protect the dignity and personal safety of all our students. In support of this, please send only nut and peanut free snacks
Lice
There may be times during the school year when we have cases of head lice.
If your child has head lice, please contact the school and let us know. If your child has been exposed to lice at school we will notify you.
As a precaution, we ask all parents to check their child’s head frequently for a few weeks after any exposure. You can find more information on lice from myhealth.alberta.ca.
Additional questions or concerns can be answered by Alberta HealthLink at 811.