Video shows high school senior opening Duke University acceptance at mother s gravesite By Caitlin O Kane Student opens college acceptance at mom s grave
When high school senior Skylar Hughes received an email from Duke University, she intentionally waited 16 hours to check it. It was a status update on her application to the school, but Hughes didn t want to open it at home – she wanted to take the email to her mother s gravesite.
Hughes, a senior at Grayson High School in Loganville, Georgia, lost her mother unexpectedly in 2016, according to a GoFundMe created for her. She has been dancing at the Northeast Atlanta Ballet Company since she was three years old and has excelled in school, earning a 4.1 GPA.