Silver Gonzalez

Every year seniors come and go. One senior in particular, Silver Gonzalez, has been attending Flour Bluff High School since his freshman year after spending most of his life living in Japan. 

“I’ve lived overseas my whole life and this is my first time being at a school in America,” Gonzales said.  “One thing that makes Flour Bluff unique to me may as well be the community.

Gonzalez expressed his content and gratefulness attending school here. His friends and peers make it all the  better.

“You know, a lot of my friends are in band right now and I actually made most of all my friends through band” Gonzalez says. “I came here not knowing anybody. Coming as a freshman kind of alone, and through band, I made so many good friendships, good relationships with people and I couldn’t be happier.”

After high school, Gonzalez aspires to build a name for himself in the future.

“As for a dream it sounds ambitious, but I would love to be an entrepreneur, I would love to start something and be successful in it, like something’s that of my own,” Gonzales said. 

Gonzalez has hoped to build a legacy in band by setting a high bar for future musicians. His hope is to create something he would be remembered for. 

“I would like to say just not to take life as seriously as you make it, you know. You’re still young, you still have a lot of life ahead of you, and things that happen in high school are just things that happen in high school,” Gonzalez says. “There’s going to be times in life where you are struggling, when it comes to social or relationships, and it just wants you to remember that you know, you’re cared about.”

Gonzalez reflected on how letting go of people and embracing the futre is tough in senior year. “Steven Garcia, he was the best trumpet player ever. He was so cool, you know he actually inspired me to play as good as I can today, and we became really close friends,” Gonzalez said. “I would like to thank Ms. Thomplinson. She’s the one who pushed me to do region in the first place.”

Gonzalez remarked that if he could leave one lesson out there for future high school students it would be simple. 

“Take life as seriously as you make it...You’re still young, you still have a lot of life ahead of you, and things that happen in high school are just things that happen in high school.” Gonzalez said.