Salisbury Elementary welcomes 5 sets of twins to kindergarten

Salisbury Elementary School is welcoming a unique group of students into kindergarten on Tuesday five sets of twins will be starting schoolnext week.

Peggy Frost, the principal of the school, said that this in unprecedented at her school in southeastern New Brunswick.

"I've never heard of itand I've been teaching since 1984. It's the first time I've ever heard of that many coming in the same year all at once," said Frost.

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To make this even more confusing, if that were possible, there are already two other sets of identicaltwins enrolled at the school.

There are some logistical issues around having that many sets of twins in one grade.

The school has four kindergarten classesand parents can decide whether to havetheir kids split upor stay together.

Courtney Steeveshas decided to keep hertwin girls, Sophia and Summer, in the same class.

"I think it's kind of nice and exciting for them to have those experiences togetherand to come home and share those stories around the supper table," said Steeves.

Steeves said that when people first meet her two girls they often have trouble telling them apart.

But after spending time with the girls, their mother saysbecomes easier to distinguish between the two.

However, there is one fail safe way to tell them apart for those with keen eyes.

"A little hidden secret out there is, one girl is in pink glasses always and the other girl is in purple glasses," said Steeves.

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Courtney Steeves is the mother of twin girls starting Kindergarten next week at Sailsbury Elementary School.Peggy Frost is the school's principal