Both Will and Emma are in the gifted program at Flat Rock and excel at their academic studies. Although they have the typical brother/sister relationship where they butt heads from time to time, they said they never feel the need to compete with each other.

"Will has his strengths and I have mine," Emma explained. "He might have a higher grade in social studies than me but there are other classes where I'm better than him. We just accept that about each other."

Will's favorite subjects are science, social studies and geography; Emma's is literature.

The twins credit their father, Phil Kearney, for their book smarts. When the family first moved to Peachtree City, Emma said her father built floor-to-ceiling bookshelves in the dining room and filled them with books. The twin's bedrooms just happened to be next door so they spent a lot of time reading.

"We had books all around us at a very young age. We learned a lot from reading those books," said Emma.