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  • March 25This week is spirit week. Wednesday's theme is "Dress as a celebrity"
  • March 14The FCHS Speech team won the State Championship on March 23 at Dominion High School. Five students placed first, two placed second, and one placed third.
  • March 8Students interested in being in the Fall One Act or Acting Class should see Mr. Edgerton in room 1518.
  • February 28The FCHS Cheerleading team is holding an interest meeting during WIN on April 10.
  • February 28Culinary will be selling donuts, sweet tea, and lemonade during March. Donuts are $2 while sweet tea and lemonade are $1 each.
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A Figment of Reality

Cassie Davis, Creative Writing Student March 27, 2024

“Caitlin Davis, we’re ready to see you now,” the secretary said, playing solitaire behind her tall desk.  The doctor stepped out of a room ahead and stood eagerly waiting for me. As I made my...

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Contagious

Hunter Perkins, Journalist March 25, 2024

INT. ARMORED VAN - DAY A team of soldiers sits inside a van. They're armored from head to toe and hold rifles in their arms. One of the soldiers, a woman named PRIVATE HELLMAN, talks to another soldier,...

Artwork created by Fluco Journalism using Bing Image Creator.

Lost

Jack Vest, Creative Writing Student March 20, 2024

The suns rose like embers in the vast expanse of the desert wasteland, casting harsh shadows over the remnants of a once-thriving world. The air was thick with the scent of decay, and the distant howls...

Drawing courtesy of Christian Johnson.

Hide and Seek

Christian Johnson, Creative Writing Student March 18, 2024

Dear Diary, Today has been an okay day, but my boss is still a total bear. The ride to work today was smooth. My nerves are still on ten because of Sheriff Russel going missing. Plus the missing dog...

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Pretty Ugly

Anonymous, FCHS English Student March 13, 2024

Some people say I’m pretty My waist is pretty thin My eyes are pretty clear And I have perfect skin But they don’t see my ugly The things I do not eat They don’t see my tears And the body...

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Silence is a Snake

Ruby Frazier, Creative Writing Student March 11, 2024

Silence is a snake Insidiously, it sneaks into every room It hisses in quiet moments of emptiness Slithering and sliding into place soon after conversation secedes Unable to be tamed, silence...

Digital artwork courtesy of Lila Mathews.

Whisked Away by the Wind

Lila Mathews, Engish Student March 7, 2024

The grass blew chaotically as the salty smell of the sea mingled with the smell of distant rain. The clouds promised a storm like no other, but it wasn’t something I wasn’t accustomed to, for I had...

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Losing it All

Ruby Frazier, Creative Writing Student March 5, 2024

The fluorescent lights beamed over my head as I tied my sutures shut on my patient. It had nearly been three hours since I started repairing Mrs. Smith’s mitral valve. Everything was going well, a routine...

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Destiny’s Eclipse

Allison Rhoades, Creative Writing Student March 1, 2024

"Aria B. Cison," the principal announced. I was nervous and excited at the same time when I realized it was my turn next. My hands trembled. I felt nauseous and my heart was racing. I tried not to show...

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Reflection, Interrupted

Laurance Orfini, Creative Writing Student February 28, 2024

I start my morning as I do everyday by checking myself in the mirror. I stare at my face and then…suddenly, my eyes blink. How can I watch myself blink?  In a flash, the entity in the mirror begins...

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