As younger multiples are beginning their school careers, their seasoned counterparts are making headlines for their academic achievements. Whether they’re excelling with top test scores or gaining admittance to prestigious schools, these multiples deserve recognition:
- Triplets Rachel, Claire and Tim Heard of Solihull (U.K.) are among students with grades exceeding the national average. Read more.
- Quadruplets Tobi, Tayo, Tolu, and Tosin Oke of the UK will all go to their first choice universities after “stunning” test results.
- Triplets Tyler, Caitlin and Tim Scott of Elk Grove, California each receive a 2008 History Happened Here scholarship, marking the first time three siblings have ever earned the honor at the same time.
- Triplets Rebecca, Andrew and Toby Wilton of the UK win places at Oxford. Read more.
- Triplets Edward, Thomas and William Cousans of Royston, England shatter GCSE results.
- Quadruplets Eric, Melanie, Allison and Vanessa Torline of Wisconsin are starting off college with help from Indiana University scholarships.
Sandra Cochran of Hurley Mississippi is waiting to meet her children. The expectant quadruplet mom is confined to bed at the University of South Alabama Women’s and Children’s Hospital to keep her contractions from coming too soon. Her goal is to get as close to her Oct. 29 due date as possible. Read more about this family and the birth of their quadruplets:
The Oke quadruplets of England all received top results at St. Francis Xavier Sixth Form College in Clapham, southwest London. Tayo, Tolu, Tobi and Tosin will go to their first choice universities after achieving a clean-sweep of top grades. Tayo, marginally the oldest of the four, will go to Manchester University to study business, Her slightly younger brother Tobi will study English at Goldsmiths, Tosin will study business at Queen Mary University while Tolu, the younger sister of the group will study history at Cambridge University. Read more about the Oke quadruplets’ academic achievements. See more news stories about the Oke quadruplets:
Autumn, Brooke, Calissa and Dahlia Jepp of Canada reached a special milestone. The identical quadruplets turned one on August 12. The girls’ birth made international headlines, not just because of the rarity of identical quads, but because JP and Karen Jepp delivered their babies at a Montana hospital, as no Canadian hospital had enough neonatal intensive-care beds for all four babies. More than 60 guests attended the birthday bash. Learn more about the Jepp quadruplets. See other news stories about this event:
People in Massachusetts recently came together to help surviving triplets Kyle and Patrick Wilkins as they battle Becker’s muscular dystrophy. Boxing legend Micky Ward and Red Sox PA announcer Car Bean lent star power to a daylong music event raising money for the family. Kyle, Patrick and Matthew were diagnosed at age 5 with the genetic disorder. Matthew died from complications of pneumonia stemming from the disease in 2006 at the age of 15. Find out more about the effort to help the Wilkins family. Read more about this triplet family.
Dennis Ross of Georgetown, Kentucky, has been a stay-at-home dad since shortly after a movie put “Mr. Mom” into the public lexicon 24 years ago. Ross and his wife Lois have nine children, including six teens in high school, five of who are on schedule to graduate in 2009. His brood includes quadruplets Kelly, Travis, Ashley and Cory. For many years Ross home schooled his children. Now he runs a small day care in his home. Read more about “Mr. Mom” Dennis Ross.
Kristen Hicks credits blood donors for saving two of her triplets. The Oneida, New York babies were born at 29 weeks. While Ajay was making progress, Mattie and Aidan were born with patent ductus arteriosus and needed blood transfusions before and after surgery. Five years later, all three siblings are thriving. This August, the Madison-Oneida Red Cross will dedicate its annual summer community blood drive to the triplets.
