Meet Ellie Kate Madonna! Ellie Kate is a senior at Lakeview Academy and plans to attend the University of Georgia in the fall. Her parents are John and Christine Allen. We want to congratulate Ellie Kate and her family on her upcoming graduation and best wishes in the future.

Question: Please tell us a little bit about your family.
Answe: “I am the daughter of Christine Allen and John Madonna. I have a brother, Jackson Madonna, and two step siblings, Jackie and Wright Allen.”

What are your plans after graduation?
A: “I will be attending the University of Georgia in the fall.”

Q: What are two of your favorite restaurants in our community?
A: “Bluefin and Atlas Pizza.”

Q: If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would it be and why?
A: “Italy because I have always wanted to see a different part of the world that I’ve never seen before and I think it is very pretty there.”

Q: What is one of your favorite movies? TV shows?
A: “My favorite movie is ‘The Game Plan’ and my favorite TV show is ‘Friends.'”

Q: If you were asked to give advice to your senior class and the younger students at your school, what would you say?
A: “I would tell them to love every part of their lives, live life to the fullest, and never take anything for granted.”

Q: If you were able to be cast as yourself into a television show or series, what show would you want to be in?
A: ‘”Friends.'”

Q: If you could choose anyone to have lunch with, who would you choose? Why? And where, locally, would you meet for this lunch?
A: “Thomas Rhett because I’ve always loved his music and he adopted a child from Uganda and I really look up to how good of a person he is. I would meet him at Mellow Mushroom because it has the best Gainesville community feeling.”

Q: What is your favorite thing about our community?
A: “How close everyone is and how everyone knows everyone.”

Q: Where do you see yourself in five to 10 years?
A: “I’m hoping to have graduated from UGA and have started my own interior design company.”

Q: What is something on your bucket list?
A: “To go skydiving.”

Q: What is your go to band / singer when you cant decide what to listen to?
A: “Taylor Swift.”

Q: Favorite month? favorite holiday? and best single day on the calendar?
A: “My favorite month is July. My favorite holiday is Christmas. And the best single day on the calendar is Aug. 14.”

Q: What would you rate a 10 out of 10?
A: “Bluefin sushi.”

Q: What is something you want to do as soon as this pandemic is finished?
A: “Go have an amazing summer with my best friends.”

Q: Who inspires you to be better?
A: “My parents.”