diff --git a/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/.exercism/config.json b/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/.exercism/config.json
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+{
+  "authors": [
+    "angelikatyborska"
+  ],
+  "contributors": [
+    "neenjaw"
+  ],
+  "files": {
+    "solution": [
+      "lib/high_school_sweetheart.ex"
+    ],
+    "test": [
+      "test/high_school_sweetheart_test.exs"
+    ],
+    "exemplar": [
+      ".meta/exemplar.ex"
+    ]
+  },
+  "language_versions": ">=1.10",
+  "icon": "high-school-sweethearts",
+  "blurb": "Learn about strings and the pipe operator by helping high school sweethearts profess their love on social media via ASCII art."
+}
diff --git a/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/.exercism/metadata.json b/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/.exercism/metadata.json
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+{"track":"elixir","exercise":"high-school-sweetheart","id":"338aaf1c5adb4b5289ec37cdbaef88c0","url":"https://exercism.org/tracks/elixir/exercises/high-school-sweetheart","handle":"negrienko","is_requester":true,"auto_approve":false}
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diff --git a/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/.formatter.exs b/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/.formatter.exs
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+# Used by "mix format"
+[
+  inputs: ["{mix,.formatter}.exs", "{config,lib,test}/**/*.{ex,exs}"]
+]
diff --git a/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/.gitignore b/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/.gitignore
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+# The directory Mix will write compiled artifacts to.
+/_build/
+
+# If you run "mix test --cover", coverage assets end up here.
+/cover/
+
+# The directory Mix downloads your dependencies sources to.
+/deps/
+
+# Where third-party dependencies like ExDoc output generated docs.
+/doc/
+
+# Ignore .fetch files in case you like to edit your project deps locally.
+/.fetch
+
+# If the VM crashes, it generates a dump, let's ignore it too.
+erl_crash.dump
+
+# Also ignore archive artifacts (built via "mix archive.build").
+*.ez
+
+# Ignore package tarball (built via "mix hex.build").
+basic_strings-*.tar
+
diff --git a/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/HELP.md b/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/HELP.md
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+# Help
+
+## Running the tests
+
+From the terminal, change to the base directory of the exercise then execute the tests with:
+
+```bash
+$ mix test
+```
+
+This will execute the test file found in the `test` subfolder -- a file ending in `_test.exs`
+
+Documentation:
+
+* [`mix test` - Elixir's test execution tool](https://hexdocs.pm/mix/Mix.Tasks.Test.html)
+* [`ExUnit` - Elixir's unit test library](https://hexdocs.pm/ex_unit/ExUnit.html)
+
+## Pending tests
+
+In test suites of practice exercises, all but the first test have been tagged to be skipped.
+
+Once you get a test passing, you can unskip the next one by commenting out the relevant `@tag :pending` with a `#` symbol.
+
+For example:
+
+```elixir
+# @tag :pending
+test "shouting" do
+  assert Bob.hey("WATCH OUT!") == "Whoa, chill out!"
+end
+```
+
+If you wish to run all tests at once, you can include all skipped test by using the `--include` flag on the `mix test` command:
+
+```bash
+$ mix test --include pending
+```
+
+Or, you can enable all the tests by commenting out the `ExUnit.configure` line in the file `test/test_helper.exs`.
+
+```elixir
+# ExUnit.configure(exclude: :pending, trace: true)
+```
+
+## Useful `mix test` options
+
+* `test/<FILE>.exs:LINENUM` - runs only a single test, the test from `<FILE>.exs` whose definition is on line `LINENUM`
+* `--failed` - runs only tests that failed the last time they ran
+* `--max-failures` - the suite stops evaluating tests when this number of test failures
+is reached
+* `--seed 0` - disables randomization so the tests in a single file will always be ran
+in the same order they were defined in
+
+## Submitting your solution
+
+You can submit your solution using the `exercism submit lib/high_school_sweetheart.ex` command.
+This command will upload your solution to the Exercism website and print the solution page's URL.
+
+It's possible to submit an incomplete solution which allows you to:
+
+- See how others have completed the exercise
+- Request help from a mentor
+
+## Need to get help?
+
+If you'd like help solving the exercise, check the following pages:
+
+- The [Elixir track's documentation](https://exercism.org/docs/tracks/elixir)
+- The [Elixir track's programming category on the forum](https://forum.exercism.org/c/programming/elixir)
+- [Exercism's programming category on the forum](https://forum.exercism.org/c/programming/5)
+- The [Frequently Asked Questions](https://exercism.org/docs/using/faqs)
+
+Should those resources not suffice, you could submit your (incomplete) solution to request mentoring.
+
+If you're stuck on something, it may help to look at some of the [available resources](https://exercism.org/docs/tracks/elixir/resources) out there where answers might be found.
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diff --git a/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/HINTS.md b/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/HINTS.md
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+# Hints
+
+## General
+
+- Read about strings in the official [Getting Started guide][getting-started-strings].
+- Browse the [functions available in the _String module_][string-module-functions] to discover which operations on strings Elixir's standard library offers.
+
+## 1. Get the name's first letter
+
+- There is a [built-in function][string-first] to get the first character from a string.
+- There are multiple [built-in functions][string-trim] to remove leading, trailing, or leading and trailing whitespaces from a string.
+
+## 2. Format the first letter as an initial
+
+- There is a [built-in function][string-upcase] to convert all characters in a string to their uppercase variant.
+- There is an [operator][kernel-concat] that concatenates two strings.
+
+## 3. Split the full name into the first name and the last name
+
+- There is a [built-in function][string-split] that splits a string on whitespace characters.
+- A few first elements of a list can be assigned to variables by pattern matching on the list.
+
+## 4. Put the initials inside of the heart
+
+- There is a special syntax for [interpolating][string-interpolation] an expression inside of a string.
+- There is a special syntax for writing [multiline strings][heredoc-syntax] without needing to escape newlines.
+
+[getting-started-strings]: https://elixir-lang.org/getting-started/basic-types.html#strings
+[string-module-functions]: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/String.html#functions
+[string-first]: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/String.html#first/1
+[string-trim]: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/String.html#trim/1
+[string-upcase]: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/String.html#upcase/2
+[string-split]: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/String.html#split/1
+[string-interpolation]: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/String.html#module-interpolation
+[kernel-concat]: https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Kernel.html#%3C%3E/2
+[heredoc-syntax]: https://elixir-examples.github.io/examples/multiline-strings-heredocs
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diff --git a/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/README.md b/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/README.md
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+# High School Sweetheart
+
+Welcome to High School Sweetheart on Exercism's Elixir Track.
+If you need help running the tests or submitting your code, check out `HELP.md`.
+If you get stuck on the exercise, check out `HINTS.md`, but try and solve it without using those first :)
+
+## Introduction
+
+## Strings
+
+Strings in Elixir are delimited by double quotes, and they are encoded in UTF-8:
+
+```elixir
+"Hi!"
+```
+
+Strings can be concatenated using the `<>/2` operator:
+
+```elixir
+"Welcome to" <> " " <> "New York"
+# => "Welcome to New York"
+```
+
+Strings in Elixir support interpolation using the `#{}` syntax:
+
+```elixir
+"6 * 7 = #{6 * 7}"
+# => "6 * 7 = 42"
+```
+
+To put a newline character in a string, use the `\n` escape code:
+
+```elixir
+"1\n2\n3\n"
+```
+
+To comfortably work with texts with a lot of newlines, use the triple-double-quote heredoc syntax instead:
+
+```elixir
+"""
+1
+2
+3
+"""
+```
+
+Elixir provides many functions for working with strings in the `String` module.
+
+## Pipe Operator
+
+The `|>` operator is called the pipe operator. It can be used to chain function calls together in such a way that the value returned by the previous function call is passed as the first argument to the next function call.
+
+```elixir
+"hello"
+|> String.upcase()
+|> Kernel.<>("?!")
+# => "HELLO?!"
+```
+
+## Instructions
+
+In this exercise, you are going to help high school sweethearts profess their love on social media by generating an ASCII heart with their initials:
+
+```
+     ******       ******
+   **      **   **      **
+ **         ** **         **
+**            *            **
+**                         **
+**     J. K.  +  M. B.     **
+ **                       **
+   **                   **
+     **               **
+       **           **
+         **       **
+           **   **
+             ***
+              *
+```
+
+## 1. Get the name's first letter
+
+Implement the `HighSchoolSweetheart.first_letter/1` function. It should take a name and return its first letter. It should clean up any unnecessary whitespace from the name.
+
+```elixir
+HighSchoolSweetheart.first_letter("Jane")
+# => "J"
+```
+
+## 2. Format the first letter as an initial
+
+Implement the `HighSchoolSweetheart.initial/1` function. It should take a name and return its first letter, uppercase, followed by a dot. Make sure to reuse `HighSchoolSweetheart.first_letter/1` that you defined in the previous step.
+
+```elixir
+HighSchoolSweetheart.initial("Robert")
+# => "R."
+```
+
+## 3. Split the full name into the first name and the last name
+
+Implement the `HighSchoolSweetheart.initials/1` function. It should take a full name, consisting of a first name and a last name separated by a space, and return the initials. Make sure to reuse `HighSchoolSweetheart.initial/1` that you defined in the previous step.
+
+```elixir
+HighSchoolSweetheart.initials("Lance Green")
+# => "L. G."
+```
+
+## 4. Put the initials inside of the heart
+
+Implement the `HighSchoolSweetheart.pair/2` function. It should take two full names and return the initials inside an ASCII heart. Make sure to reuse `HighSchoolSweetheart.initials/1` that you defined in the previous step.
+
+```elixir
+HighSchoolSweetheart.pair("Blake Miller", "Riley Lewis")
+# => """
+#      ******       ******
+#    **      **   **      **
+#  **         ** **         **
+# **            *            **
+# **                         **
+# **     B. M.  +  R. L.     **
+#  **                       **
+#    **                   **
+#      **               **
+#        **           **
+#          **       **
+#            **   **
+#              ***
+#               *
+# """
+```
+
+## Source
+
+### Created by
+
+- @angelikatyborska
+
+### Contributed to by
+
+- @neenjaw
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+defmodule HighSchoolSweetheart do
+  def first_letter(name) do
+    name
+    |> String.trim()
+    |> String.first()
+  end
+
+  def initial(name) do
+    name
+    |> first_letter()
+    |> String.upcase()
+    |> Kernel.<>(".")
+  end
+
+  def initials(full_name) do
+    full_name
+    |> String.split(" ")
+    |> Enum.map(&initial/1)
+    |> Enum.join(" ")
+  end
+
+  def pair(full_name1, full_name2) do
+    i1 = initials(full_name1)
+    i2 = initials(full_name2)
+    """
+         ******       ******
+       **      **   **      **
+     **         ** **         **
+    **            *            **
+    **                         **
+    **     #{i1}  +  #{i2}     **
+     **                       **
+       **                   **
+         **               **
+           **           **
+             **       **
+               **   **
+                 ***
+                  *
+    """
+  end
+end
diff --git a/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/mix.exs b/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/mix.exs
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+defmodule HighSchoolSweetheart.MixProject do
+  use Mix.Project
+
+  def project do
+    [
+      app: :high_school_sweetheart,
+      version: "0.1.0",
+      # elixir: "~> 1.10",
+      start_permanent: Mix.env() == :prod,
+      deps: deps()
+    ]
+  end
+
+  # Run "mix help compile.app" to learn about applications.
+  def application do
+    [
+      extra_applications: [:logger]
+    ]
+  end
+
+  # Run "mix help deps" to learn about dependencies.
+  defp deps do
+    [
+      # {:dep_from_hexpm, "~> 0.3.0"},
+      # {:dep_from_git, git: "https://github.com/elixir-lang/my_dep.git", tag: "0.1.0"}
+    ]
+  end
+end
diff --git a/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/test/high_school_sweetheart_test.exs b/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/test/high_school_sweetheart_test.exs
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+defmodule HighSchoolSweetheartTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case
+
+  describe "first_letter/1" do
+    @tag task_id: 1
+    test "it gets the first letter" do
+      assert HighSchoolSweetheart.first_letter("Mary") == "M"
+    end
+
+    @tag task_id: 1
+    test "it doesn't change the letter's case" do
+      assert HighSchoolSweetheart.first_letter("john") == "j"
+    end
+
+    @tag task_id: 1
+    test "it strips extra whitespace" do
+      assert HighSchoolSweetheart.first_letter("\n\t   Sarah   ") == "S"
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "initial/1" do
+    @tag task_id: 2
+    test "it gets the first letter and appends a dot" do
+      assert HighSchoolSweetheart.initial("Betty") == "B."
+    end
+
+    @tag task_id: 2
+    test "it uppercases the first letter" do
+      assert HighSchoolSweetheart.initial("james") == "J."
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "initials/1" do
+    @tag task_id: 3
+    test "returns the initials for the first name and the last name" do
+      assert HighSchoolSweetheart.initials("Linda Miller") == "L. M."
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "pair/2" do
+    @tag task_id: 4
+    test "prints the pair's initials inside a heart" do
+      assert HighSchoolSweetheart.pair("Avery Bryant", "Charlie Dixon") ==
+               """
+                    ******       ******
+                  **      **   **      **
+                **         ** **         **
+               **            *            **
+               **                         **
+               **     A. B.  +  C. D.     **
+                **                       **
+                  **                   **
+                    **               **
+                      **           **
+                        **       **
+                          **   **
+                            ***
+                             *
+               """
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/test/test_helper.exs b/elixir/high-school-sweetheart/test/test_helper.exs
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+ExUnit.start()
+ExUnit.configure(exclude: :pending, trace: true, seed: 0)