Animal Crossing, the Pandemic, and How to Cope With Loneliness

Barney the Dinosaur, Clockman, and Childhood Nostalgia; Searching for the Media That Only Exist in Our Memories

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The Heartbeat is open to students of any grade attending Holy Heart of Mary High School. We accept writers…

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Christmas In Germany

When you think of Christmas you probably think of snow, Santa, and reindeer but do you think about how the same holiday is so different depending on where you live. Today we will take a trip to Germany the birthplace of modern Christmas where the Holidays are a beautiful site sure to thrill…

Reflecting- Grief and Growth

COVID Reflection: Coping with Grief and Growth

Introduction

The two years waiting to ensure you will be pivotal to the person you become. You are incredibly naive and unassuming, and you are going to learn incredulously. You…

Drip, drip, drop

Listen as the rain seeps down

Pitter, pitter, plop

For our town, a shining new crown

Pitter, patter, pitter, patter

One after the other

Into The Woods

By Kiera DeFoort

What started as a normal day for five friends would change their lives forever. Nick, Bethany, David, Peter, and Sarah were five close friends on the cusp of adolescence. Bethany was strong and would never allow people to walk over her friends, and was starkly…

Life As a Health Care Worker During a Pandemic

Different jobs come with different risks. All of a sudden our province’s doctors, nurses, EMTs, as well as anyone else in the health care system were thrown into a world of danger and uncertainty that no textbook had covered.

My Experience With Day of the Dead

Day of the dead, my favourite tradition by far out of them all. As a person who was born and has…