Graduation Information 2024/25
COMMENCEMENT:
The time has come to prepare for Commencement!
Date: Wednesday, June 11 at 7:00pm
Place: Burlington Convention Centre, 1120 Burloak Dr., Burlington.
If you are graduating and intend to participate in June's Commencement, you must register by purchasing a cap and gown before March 31, 2025 which confirms your attendance. This year the fee is $65.00, which covers ceremony expenses including the souvenir cap and gown, hall rental, chair rental, and decorations.
All Graduates must register through School Cash Online. To purchase the cap and gown, you will need to know your approximate height.
Due to the number of graduating students and hall capacity limitations, each graduating student may invite up to a maximum of 4 guests. We welcome and support all parents/guardians. Staff will be at the door greeting and directing families as they arrive.
More details regarding the event will be coming soon. If you have any questions please contact Sue Gibson at 905-637-3825 Ext. 223 or gibsonsu@hdsb.ca in the main office.
YEARBOOK QUOTE:
It's time to submit your Yearbook Quote (about 125 characters long) along with a 'younger you' photo and a highlight of your time at Nelson. These will be used in the yearbook so make it count! Submit the form anytime between now and February 14. Link here to submit.
If you have any questions please reach out to Ms. Roy (royri@hdsb.ca).
Thank you for participating Grads!
Ms. Roy
GRAD PHOTOS: February 18 - 21, 2025
We will be holding a second session for Grad Photos in February, for those that did not get a spot in December. Click HERE to book your session! Use school code NHC. **If you are looking to have a RETAKE done of your grad photos you must contact the studio directly at 1-888-416-3343 to set up an appointment.
Contact Mrs. Gibson at gibsonsu@hdsb.ca if you have any questions.
PROM: Friday May 23, 2025 Check back soon for more details!
ATTENTION students who are graduating and/or will not be returning to HDSB for Semester 2:
As of February 15, 2025 students who are not returning for semester 2 will lose access to the HDSB Network & Google Workspace for Education applications, data, and email. Note 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 by February 15, 2025.