Teen sisters Kimberlyn and Kaydence Hulley are graduating from Granite Mountain High School and Victor Valley College this summer.
Kimberlyn, 16, will graduate from high school as a junior with a 4.4 high school GPA and an associate’s degree in liberal arts with high honors. She started taking college courses in seventh grade while attending Sky Mountain Charter School in Lucerne Valley.
In addition to a commitment to the books, Kimberlyn also finds the time to coach at Kingdom Gymnastics in Piñon Hills, serving as the head aerial silks coach.
Kaydence is graduating at 17 with a high school GPA of 4.4. She will receive her associate’s degree in liberal arts with high honors when she walks across the stage at Victor Valley College’s graduation on June 17. She has earned a Presidential scholarship to Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, totaling $105,000 over four years.
Kimberlyn has not applied to college. She is taking six courses now and says she wants to enjoy her time off from school following graduation. She will continue to coach aerial silks in the meantime, which she hopes to eventually pursue full-time. “Either coaching or real estate, I’m not sure which one I want to do yet.” She has time to choose.
Her sister, who also runs her own amigurumi plushie business, will pursue higher education in journalism.
“I like to write, and English is my favorite subject,” she answered when asked what interested her about the subject.
The 17-year-old also has an impressive background in horse hunting and jumping. Last year, she secured the reserve champion title for her level in the Inland Empire Horsemanship Jumpers Association competition.
“I am super proud of them and their effort to get ahead,” Mom Adrienne Hulley told the Daily Press. The girls went to the Lewis Center for Educational Research until fifth grade, when Adrienne decided to homeschool the pair due to Kaydence’s health setbacks.
The future journalist has extreme food allergies, among other ailments, and attended the Food Allergy Institute in Long Beach. An experimental institution, the program has treated more than 14,000 children with allergies and, according to Adrienne, has a 99% success rate.
Now, Kaydence can dorm on campus at Vanguard without worrying about cross-contamination and severe allergies.
McKenna Mobley is a reporter for the Daily Press. She can be reached at mmobley@usatodayco.com.
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