*Olympic gold medalist Gabrielle Douglas, 19, and actress Zendaya Coleman, 18, revealed on social media that they each graduated from Oak Park High School in California last Thursday. Shortly after the ceremony, Douglas rushed to catch a flight,
“Not gonna lie. It was tough to balance school and gym.. but i did it!” she posted on Instagram, “kno when u set ur mind to achieve something u can do it. anddddd yes I’m at the airport gotta get right back to the grind love u guys,” Gabby posted.
Coleman also posted a photo with a celebratory/inspirational message, writing:
“Shout out, not just to all the 2015 grads but to the soon to be! Please remember knowledge is one of the most powerful gifts we have the privilege of receiving…don’t take that for granted. To every soon to be grad, know that you CAN do it! (if I can get through it then anyone can) It’s a long road, so many things will pose as obstacles in your way and at times the end seems further and further away, but please remember the importance of that beautiful mind you have and all the limitless powers you hold. All my love #sorryforgettingdeep.”
According to E! Online, both starlets attended the Oak Park Independent School, where they were provided with flexible schedules to accommodate their work demands.
Back in June, Zendaya celebrated Immigrant Heritage Month by patterning with Welcome.us to film a PSA about her family history. In the video, she sits down with her parents, mom Claire Stoermer and dad Kazembe Ajamu, to dig into their family tree, which has branches in Germany and Africa.
“For me, I get a mixture of all the worlds…” she explains in the video. “I have my African first name, I have a middle name that is [my mom’s] middle name, which is French, but we did it African spelling, so it’s literally me in a name. And then you have Stoermer, and then you have Coleman. I literally have, like, a timeline in history in my name.”
Meanwhile, Oxygen announced in March that Douglas will star in their latest reality television show series entitled, ‘Douglas Family Gold.’ The show will follow Douglas and her family, (her momager, brother and two sisters), as she prepares to compete in the 2016 Olympics at Rio de Janeiro.
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