grade 12 nelson students

Once you have satisfied all of your graduation requirements and do not have any further courses, the board will delete your Google email account and your Google Drive.  This can occur during the school year, if you are finishing early. It is imperative that you take the necessary steps to save your data before this happens.  Here are instructions on how to transfer your email and data before your account is removed.

As of July 12, 2025 students who are not returning for the 2025-2026 school year, including those graduating from the HDSB, will lose access to the HDSB Network & Google Workspace for Education applications, data, and email. Note that this includes both Gmail and Drive. 

IMPORTANT:  If you have used your HDSB email when applying for post secondary, resume development, job applications, etc. you will need to update your information and change it to a personal email address before access to your HDSB account is lost.

To retain your Google Workspace data please see one of the options below:

• Transfer email and Drive files to a personal Google Account using Transfer Your Content - see Transfer their content 

  • Personal Gmail accounts only have 15 GB free drive space

  • All files in your My Drive will count toward your quota 

  • Archive data using Google Takeout

• The traditional Takeout is also available to create an archive of all their data in Google Workspace. 

This will enable you to easily retain your email, essays, resumes, science projects, and any other files stored on Google Drive before access has been removed to your HDSB account.

This must be completed before July 12, 2025.

If you require further information or assistance, please ask a staff member at your school to open a TOPdesk request. 

Follow this link for instructions on how to continue to access myBlueprint after graduation:  Instructions