Notice to former students, parents/guardians of former students, and former staff. As you may know, PowerSchool, a provider of Student Information Systems (SIS), recently experienced a cybersecurity incident. Like many school institutions across North America, we use PowerSchool for our SIS and thus were informed by PowerSchool that information stored by the Hanover School Division in our SIS was involved in the incident. This includes personal information of students, parents/guardians, and educators. We have…
The University of Manitoba Students’ Teacher Recognition Reception (STRR) is an opportunity to celebrate teaching excellence. Recognizing that academic growth and development occurs over many years, each faculty nominates an outstanding graduating student, who then selects two teachers who have made important contributions to their education – one from Kindergarten to Grade 12 years and one from their years at the University of Manitoba. This year, two former students from the Hanover School Division were recognized at…
We are writing with an update on the PowerSchool cybersecurity incident. In our previous updates about the incident, we mentioned that PowerSchool would be sending emails to students, parents/guardians, and educators whose information was involved in the incident. We understand that…
We are thrilled to share a heartwarming and powerful reminder of how small acts of kindness can have a huge impact. Through the “Tabs for Wheelchairs” initiative, pop can tabs collected by caring individuals and schools across the province are now directly supporting one of our very own students in…
Congratulations to all Steinbach Regional Secondary School students competing in the Skills Canada (Manitoba) provincial competition at Red River College on April 10, 2025. SRSS students amassed nine medals, which included two Gold, five Silver, and two Bronze. Students participate in …
Congratulations to Green Valley School teachers Katelyn Hart, Kelly Mikkelson, and Rachel Novak. Manitoba’s Excellence in Education Awards recognizes exceptional contribution and commitment to educational excellence. The award recipients were chosen by a selection committee made up of representatives from…
We are thrilled to share that Edlynne Paez from Niverville High School, Hanover School Division has been named a 2025 Loran Scholar. This year, the Loran Scholars Foundation selected 36 exceptional youth from more than 6,000 applicants who…
We are aware that PowerSchool is in the process of sending out notices to students, parents/guardians, and educators whose information was involved in the cybersecurity incident it previously experienced. Delivery of these notices to HSD recipients is anticipated within the next two weeks, by the end of March. We were advised previously that this notice would be …
We are writing to provide a further update about the cybersecurity incident that PowerSchool, our student information system (SIS) provider, recently experienced. In our previous update on January 30th, we mentioned that PowerSchool would be providing notice to students, parents/guardians, and …
We are writing to provide an update about the cybersecurity incident that PowerSchool, our student information system (SIS) provider, recently experienced. We appreciate that more details about this incident that is impacting educational institutions across North America are needed. We have been working diligently to request more details from PowerSchool and ask questions about the details it has provided to date. We have also been investigating this…
