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High School Sophomores Turn 4 Years Old, Long-Time Teacher Turns Sweet 16, Celebrating Leap Year Birthdays
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They are twins attending West Jordan High School in their sophomore year and they are turning 4 years old. At Antelope Canyon Elementary School a long-time second grade teacher is finally turning sweet 16.
On this episode of the Supercast, we find out what it’s like to have a leap year birthday. A birthday that comes around just once every four years on February 29, when the year is actually 366 days long, instead of the regular 365. Are leap year birthday folks forever young, let’s find out.
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[Music]Anthony Godfrey:
Hello and welcome to the Supercast. I'm your host, Superintendent Anthony Godfrey. They are twins attending West Jordan High School in their sophomore year, and they are only having their fourth birthday. At Antelope Canyon Elementary School, a longtime second-grade teacher is finally celebrating her 16th birthday.
On this episode of the Supercast, we find out what it's like to have a leap year birthday. A birthday that comes around just once every four years on February 29th, when the year is actually 366 days long instead of the regular 365. Are leap year birthday folks forever young? Let's find out as we talk to them today on their actual leap year birthday.
[Music]Come right in here. Let's do the birthday interview today. And we actually have from the Nutrition Services staff here at West Jordan High School a little birthday cake for each of you with some balloons. So happy birthday to the three of you. Alright grab some cake and let's talk about this birthday of yours. We're here at West Jordan High School with two students and a teacher who share February 29th as their birthday. And because the podcast comes out on Thursdays, we thought we'd talk with them today on the day of their birthday and celebrate with them and talk a little bit about what it's like to have kind of a non-day as your birthday. So let's have the twins introduce themselves first.
Luke Pearson:
I'm Luke Pearson.
Melanie Pearson:
And I'm Melanie Pearson.
Lucinda Preece:
And Lucinda Preece.
Anthony Godfrey:
And Lucinda you teach at Antelope Canyon. How long have you been teaching in Jordan District?
Lucinda Preece:
39 years.
Anthony Godfrey:
39 years, wow. Nearly four decades of teaching. Yeah, we love that you've been here.
Lucinda Preece:
Lots of birthdays here.
Anthony Godfrey:
Yes, that's right. But a lot fewer than I've had, right? How many birthdays have you had?
Lucinda Preece:
I've had 16 official birthdays.
Anthony Godfrey:
16 official birthdays.
Lucinda Preece:
Sweet 16.
Anthony Godfrey:
So you've had 16 birthdays and the two of you are turning 16 today, is that correct?
Melanie Pearson:
Yes, but officially it's our fourth birthday, like big day birthday.
Anthony Godfrey:
For your fourth birthday, you're turning 16. She's had 16 birthdays. Worlds are colliding right now. Now here's the first thing. I don't know exactly what to call you. Do you have names for yourselves because you share this birthday? Are you leapers? Are you leaplings? What exactly is the proper term? Does anybody know?
Lucinda Preece:
I don't. I've heard on the radio, leapers is kind of a big thing right now.
Anthony Godfrey:
Leapers? It sounds a little close to leper though.
Lucinda Preece:
I know.
Anthony Godfrey:
I don't know if that's really what you want. I'm going to go with leapling. So tell me how does it feel to be a leapling? Tell me what that's like.
Melanie Pearson:
I don't know. For me it just kind of feels the same. I don't know. I've never known anything different. But it's cool because people can remember your birthday easier. I don't know. They're like, “Oh yeah, you're born on leap days.”