All Four Rendina Sisters Achieve Valedictorian Honors in Different Years at Astronaut High School in Titusville

MOM AND DAD: 'DO YOUR BEST!'

A Titusville family may have made history after all four daughters were named valedictorian in their respective high school classes — a feat that’s reportedly a 1 in an 11 billion chance.

By Sydney Borchers Fox News

(FOX NEWS) – The status of high school valedictorian is an honor that many parents may be thrilled to see their child achieve — but what if all of your kids are successful in clinching the title?

A central Florida family may have made history after all four daughters were named valedictorian in their respective high school classes — a feat that’s reportedly a 1 in an 11 billion chance.

Tracey Rendina’s four girls — Ryleigh, age 18, Taylor, 20, Alisa, 22, and Makaley, 24 — all graduated from the same high school in different years and each one took home the coveted academic award.

Tracey Rendina, math department chair at Astronaut High School in Titusville, where her daughters were students, credits the impressive accomplishment to her girls’ “great work ethic,” she told Fox News Digital in an interview.

Rendina said she and her husband, Mike Rendina, never put pressure on their daughters to achieve this goal.

“We never told them they had to make As. There was no [telling them], ‘You have to do this or else.’ It was always, ‘You just do your best,’” Rendina said.

“‘As long as you’re doing your best, whatever that is, is what we expect,'” she added.

The Rendina family’s first daughter, Makaley, was named valedictorian when she was a senior — and two years later, her sister, Alisa, achieved the same.

Again, two years after Alisa’s accomplishment, Taylor was named class valedictorian, which meant one daughter then remained.

“By the time we [reached] No. 4, and she knew that all of her sisters had been valedictorian, I do think she felt internally some pressure to do that as well,” Rendina said.

The mom said that she and her husband always wanted to make sure their kids knew that they were there for them, regardless of whether they experienced wins or failures.

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