Graduation Information 2023

HDSB  Email & Google Workspace - IMPORTANT!

As of July 14, 2023 students who are not:

• actively registered with HDSB (Summer School), or

• Pre-Registered for the 2023-2024 School Year with HDSB

will lose access to the HDSB Network & Halton Cloud / Google Workspace for Education applications, data, and email.

IMPORTANT:  If you have used your HDSB email when applying for post secondary, resume,  job applications, 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 Google Takeout Transfer Your Content - see Transfer their content *Personal G Mail 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 July 14, 2023.

Diploma and Report Card Pick-up

Report card and diploma package distribution will take place in the Nelson main foyer the following dates and times:

Friday, July 7      9:00am - 2:00pm

Monday, July 10    9:00am - 2:00pm

*STUDENTS OVER 18 - If you make arrangements for someone else to pick up your report card or diploma package (ie. parent or guardian) we will need an email from you, or a hand written letter from you, giving them permission. 

Any report cards/diploma packages remaining when the school closes for summer will be available for pick up when the school reopens in August.

Lockers:

Students - While you are here picking up your report cards, please ensure that you have cleaned out your lockers. After Monday, July 10, lockers will be emptied and contents will be donated to charity.

Community Involvement Hours

HOW MANY HOURS DO I NEED TO GRADUATE?

For the 2022-2023 school year, graduating students are required to complete 40 hours of community service.  Students can start accumulating their hours in the summer following their grade 8 year.

All hours need to be submitted via the link below. You can only submit one file at a time, but you can submit multiple times.

If you worked, you can claim 10 hours. You will need to download a reflection form (below), write a reflection, and use the Submit Community Service hours link (below) to submit the reflection form. You will also need to submit your paystub, showing your hours, using the same Submit Community Service hours link (below).

If you helped around the house, you will need to download a reflection form (below), write a reflection, and use the Submit Community Service hours link (below) to submit the reflection form. You also need to download the Tracking Sheet (below) and complete it, claiming how many hours you helped, and use the same Submit Community Service hours link (below) to submit the form.

If you volunteered, you will need to submit EITHER a letter from the organization that you volunteered for that has a letterhead, a signature from the supervising person and the number of hours that you volunteered OR you will need to download the Tracking Sheet (below) and complete it, indicating how many hours you volunteered, and have it signed by the supervisor. The letter or the sheet then needs to be submitted using the same Submit Community Service hours link (below).

How to submit hours:

Here is a link to the reflection form: Reflection form

Here is a link to the tracking sheet for any hours that needs to be completed and signed: Tracking Sheet

Here is a link to submit your tracking sheet, once it is completed: Submit Community Service hours

Search here for opportunities: Volunteer Halton

Click here to visit the HDSB's official Community Involvement Hours page.

Community Pathways Program Graduation - Congratulations Class of 2023!