Amanda Simmons is in LEO club, French Club, a capella choir, and musical. She also runs cross country. Next year, she plans to attend college at Waynesburg University in Pennsylvania.

Q: What’s your favorite memory of your time at Alder?

A: Honestly, it’s gotta be the a capella choir, because it’s so much fun. It’s way better than choir, because we get to actually express ourselves. 

Q: What are three things you can’t live without?

A: My Bible, family, I don’t know, friends I guess.

Q: What’s one thing people don’t know about you?

A: I know 300 digits of pi.

Q: How would you define yourself in three words?

A: Okay, this is just gonna come up a lot but I’m a Christian, it’s the most important thing to me. [So Christian,] friendly, and, I don’t know, a singer.

Q: What is the best piece of advice you’ve received?

A: Be yourself. I hear that so many times, but it only finally hit me this year how awesome it is to just be yourself because you just have so much more fun in everything you do.

Q: If you made a documentary, what would it be about and why?

A: I would kind of like to do some sort of documentary about, like, space or something, or black holes, because I find them very fascinating. 

Q: What is the last piece of content you consumed that made you cry?

A: Oh, “Dear Evan Hansen.” I read that book, and I actually cried so hard.

Q: What is a song you can listen to on repeat?

A: Hamilton. 

Q: If you could switch lives with someone for a day, who would it be?

A: Okay, this is kind of random, but probably a day in the life of my younger brother, because it would just be kind of fun to be in elementary school again; I don’t really remember it.

Q: What is your dream place to visit?

A: Hawaii, for sure. 

Q: What’s the biggest surprise you’ve had?

A: When I broke 22 minutes in 5k last year.

Q: What 3 people living or dead would you like to make dinner for?

A: Jesus, my boyfriend, and Sarah Cooper.

Q: What was the most adventurous thing you’ve done in your life?

A: Oh, well, I go backpacking with my aunt sometimes.

Q: What would you like to be remembered for?

A: For my love of Jesus.