Yes, they can.: The average girl (if there is such a thing!) have the greatest rate of growth around age12; for boys, around age 14. Then after this oft noticed "growth spurt" the growth rate slows down but does not stop. The typical girl grows about 2 more inches after she has her first menstrual cycle--however, girls puberty actually begins at the development of breast buds--1-2 years before her menses appear.
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