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The Fluco Beat

The Student News Site of Fluvanna County High School

The Fluco Beat

FCHS teacher Benjamin Hudson sitting at his desk

Ben Hudson: A Legacy of Leadership and Learning

Gregory Ball, FCHS Journalist March 17, 2025

Ben Hudson, a familiar face in the Fluco community, has been a teacher for 12 years. Before joining the faculty at FCHS, he taught students in Suffolk, Virginia, at Franklin High School where he began...

Calculating Brilliance with Lori Hoffman

Calculating Brilliance with Lori Hoffman

Zachary Luniewski, FCHS Journalist March 11, 2025

One of FCHS' best-known tutors no longer officially teaches at the high school, but pulls from her years of teaching to guide Flucos in need of help with math or how to navigate college. Lori Hoffman...

Chef Grooms and her apprenticeship student Carly Brown at a wedding they catered.

Serving Up Success With Grooms

Carly Brown, Journalist March 5, 2025

Culinary teacher Jonnay Grooms has been a part of the Fluco family for years. After graduating from FCHS in 2013, she decided to further her education in Culinary Arts at Piedmont Virginia Community College....

Instructional Tech Kristen Davis

Davis Creates Solutions for Chromebook Complications

Jennifer Wyant, Journalist February 25, 2025

With the use of technology playing an ever-increasing role in schools, it has become increasingly important to have someone who can guide  students and teachers through technical difficulties. So for...

Spanish teacher Jennifer Kettrick.

Keeping up with Ketrick

Emily Graves, Journalist February 18, 2025

Spanish teacher Jennifer Kettrick has been a teacher at FCHS for 12 years, but before she became a teacher she studied pre-med and majored in Spanish at the University Of Virginia. However, after struggling...

Malaina Paige, top row, 4th from the left, along with the Varsity B team.

The Paige Turner: A New Chapter in FCHS Cheer

Emma Sample, Journalist February 10, 2025

The counting is the first thing you may notice when you approach a cheer practice session. “5, 6, 7, 8,” counts the newest addition to the FCHS cheer coaching staff, Malaina Paige. Paige joined the...

FCHS Business teacher Christine Kreitzman

From Business to Business Leader: Kreitzman’s Journey

Jadyn Woolstenhulme, Journalist February 3, 2025

While FCHS teacher Christine Kreitzman is a well-known face at Fluvanna, having taught at the school for nearly two decades, there’s more to her story than meets the eye. Over her 17 years at the school,...

FCHS teacher Rebecca Newman.

The Unexpected Career of Rebecca Newman

Kaiya Wrigley and Lily Thompson January 27, 2025

Life can take unexpected turns, as history teacher Rebecca Newman knows well. Newman has been teaching at FCHS for 20 years, but few are aware that she originally studied to be a lawyer. These days, she...

Senior Katie Bond poses next to her handprint on the journalism classroom wall, holding one of the yearbooks she edited.

A Strong Team Bond: The Editor Behind the Pages

Maddy Hamel, Journalist December 18, 2024

Senior Katherine “Katie” Bond has held many important leadership roles in our school since she entered the high school in 2020. Bond is involved in numerous clubs, sports, and she helps plan the activities...

Engish teacher Elizabeth "Beth" Coleman.

Coleman’s Journey from Athletics to Literature

Cassie Davis, Journalist December 11, 2024

A little-known fact about English teacher Elizabeth "Beth" Coleman is that she once worked with the Olympic Committee. So what was her journey from there to teaching ninth grade English at FCHS? Coleman...

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