CBE Students Show Health Gains, Focus on Digital Wellness

0:00It's April 7. This is Calgary News Today, driven by AI. The Calgary Board of Education just dropped their 2024-25 student survey results, and they're showing real gains in kids. Emotional and physical health. Positive responses for emotional health hit 70.3 percent, up 2.4 percentage points from last year, and the best in five. Years. Physical health came in at 69.9 percent, also topping the past five years with better reports on exercise, eating, and sleep. Across every grade, students are feeling more supported, especially high schoolers like grade 11 kids who've jumped big since 2021-22. But sharing feelings remains tricky, particularly for grade 8 and 9 students where peer pressure hits hard during those early teen years. Officials like Superintendent Jennifer Turner point out how emotional growth ties into social emotional learning baked right into classrooms with new strategies for psychological safety and relationship building.

1:01They've rolled out middle school well-being plans and symposiums where teams dig into student data and craft custom action steps. Meanwhile, screen time stands out as the weak spot, with only 48.5 percent of students saying they can control it. Superintendent Mike Nelson calls it a complex beast since school devices for learning. Blur into personal ones kids stash away so they're pushing. Social citizenship, algorithmic smarts, and teacher training to balance text upsides with healthy habits. Looking ahead, CBE is locking in on technology fluency next year to help students use screens on purpose, spot their influence, and build boundaries. That boosts overall well-being, proving the systems tuned in to how kids grow as learners and people.