HEMPSTEAD, N.Y.—A high school in the suburbs of New York City will be seeing double on graduation day this weekend: Among the nearly 500 students in its graduating class, 30 are twins.
It’s a tight knit group. Some of the students at Long Island’s Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School have known each other since kindergarten, their parents meeting through a local twins club. Some even still plan family vacations together.
These days, some of the twins are on a group text chain, which has helped them cope with their newfound notoriety as graduation day approaches.
“Honestly when we’re together, the room is electric,” said Sydney Monka, as she attended graduation rehearsal with the other twins earlier this week. “We’re all very comfortable around each other and we all have these shared experiences so we’re all bouncing off each other. It’s really cool.”…