SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Bella Maxwell

If you haven't met Bella Gross Maxwell yet you should probably find her soon. This spontaneous 16-year-old plans to graduate early and go away on foreign exchange for 11 months, possibly to France or Belgium. According to Bella, the food in France is ¨immaculate.¨ In fact, she recommends that you ¨travel as much as you can.¨ Although she would like to be traveling at all times, her and her three sisters all live by the school here in Madison. Her King Charles dog named Smudge also resides in the house by the school.

When Bella is not traveling you can find her in a kitchen cooking up some mean ribs and mac and cheese. She loves to cook many things like seafood and chicken alfredo. When asked what reality show she would most like to participate in she says Keeping up with the Kardashians. This show consists of drama and money which is entertaining to Miss Maxwell. Then she said that if she could play any character in a movie/tv show/book she would be Rory from Gilmore Girls. Bella explained that Rory's life is perfect in her eyes.

Bella participates in a variety of different activities and clubs. This includes tennis, track, swim team, FCA, and Social Justice League. These activities will help her get jobs such as lifeguarding. This summer she worked as a lifeguard at wild water west. She says this experience was ¨scary and fun.¨ Miss Maxwell's favorite color is neon orange. Which makes sense considering she has lots of energy and is so full of life. You will always know when she's in your class before you even enter the room, as she is always laughing with her friends. 

Say Bella won the lottery and had $5 million to spend. She would first buy her grandma Pat a dog because she wants one. After her grandma has her dog she would donate the rest of the money to multiple charities. 

Bella loves coffee. It's something she cannot live without. Her favorite coffee to order is an iced white mocha. She then stated that the last year of her life reminds her of coffee because it is ¨very sweet with a bit of bitterness.¨

When asked what superpower she would most like to have she answered, ¨mind reader because I can never tell what anyone is thinking.¨ This probably has something to do with her plans for the future. As a matter of fact, after the foreign exchange, Bella wants to major in criminology and psychology so one day she can pursue a career as a detective. With that major, she may just learn how to read people's minds after all.