In a Class All Their Own

Schooling in more than stardom, teen celebs go from classroom to commencement

With their cell phones, cool cars and bulging bank accounts, Hollywood’s teenage stars may seem more worldly than their lesser-known peers. But at graduation time, young celebs are just as jittery as anyone else about leaving high school. "I’ll be so embarrassed if I trip and fall," said model Kimberly Stewart, 17, daughter of Alana and Rod Stewart, as she slipped into her black Prada platform shoes before her graduation from Santa Monica’s Concord High School on June 9. Party of Five star Jennifer Love Hewitt, 18, was all aflutter over meeting 32 fellow correspondence-school seniors for the first time on June 22, when she got her diploma from Laurel Springs High School in Ojai, California. "This is really cool," she said afterward. "I felt like I wanted to scream really loud, ‘YES!’ or bawl."

Party of five's Jennifer Love Hewitt capped off here graduation from Laurel Springs School in Ojai, California, by celebrating with beau actor Will Friedle (below), and with her mother, Pat, and brother, Todd (above). "Seeing her face light up was really cool," said Freidle.