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  • 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.
The Student News Site of Fluvanna County High School

The Fluco Beat

The Student News Site of Fluvanna County High School

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Logan Reed and her two children at Lloyd Family Farms in 2019.

New School Nurse Perseveres Through it All

Maria McCormack, FCHS Journalist February 26, 2021

Helping people had always been a part of new FCHS School Nurse Logan Reed’s life. Growing up in Virginia, Reed’s family were lifetime members of the Mineral Fire Department. “When I was eight years...

Making Music During a Pandemic

Making Music During a Pandemic

Tyler Harris, Editor-in-Chief January 13, 2021

Teaching in a Covid environment is difficult, but being new can come with a whole new plate of challenges. For new Band Director Burton Hable, the difficulty lies in a teaching subject which also prevents...

Victoria Zavadsky posing with her cat, Oscar

Ms. Z. and Her Feline Companions

Jocelynne Hagan, Senior Editor January 6, 2021

Any student who has ever had the pleasure of taking an English class with FCHS’s Victoria Zavadsky must certainly know about her intense love for felines.  Zavadsky has been teaching English and AP...

Harkrader Takes the Stage

Harkrader Takes the Stage

Elizabeth Adams, FCHS Journalist January 3, 2021

New FCHS Choir teacher Sara Harkrader has been singing in a choir since she was five years old. Now she shares her expertise by directing it. Since she was a child, Harkrader sang anywhere she could...

Abruzzo Shares Love of Lit

Abruzzo Shares Love of Lit

Elizabeth Adams, FCHS Journalist December 1, 2020

Since she was young, Julianne Abruzzo has loved to read and write. Now she shares her love of literature with the students at Fluvanna where she teaches English 10 Honors and English 10 Academic. Abruzzo...

New Virtual Teacher: Kenny Larios

New Virtual Teacher: Kenny Larios

Molly Pace, Senior Editor November 24, 2020

It may seem hard to believe, given the virtual aspect to school this year, but the words “Virtual Lab” used to mean something quite different at FCHS. It meant Room 3108, the one computer lab at school...

Assistant Principal Kyle Gravitt

FCHS Welcomes New Assistant Principal

Erika Schmack, Senior Editor November 11, 2020

When Assistant Principal Kyle Gravitt joined FCHS in July, he knew he was joining a school experiencing a year like no other. Still, he expected a positive experience based on what he had heard about Fluvanna. “I...

Student Resource Officer Kevin Taylor

SRO is Still on Hand, Virtual or Not

Erika Schmack, Senior Editor October 28, 2020

You might think that with no students in the building, Student Resource Officer Kevin Taylor would have nothing to do. However, nothing could be further from the truth. While students having trouble...

Photo by Rachel Kelly

Student Commended in National Merit Scholarship Program

Riley Yowell, Fluco Beat Editor October 21, 2020

Fluvanna County High School Troy Stephens has been named a Commended Student in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation...

FCHS students take an instrument master class from a visiting teacher.

Musicians at Home

Kiersten Ownby, FCHS Journalist October 1, 2020

The world is always changing, but what really matters may be how we adapt to these changes. Like many other groups at FCHS, the band has had to face many difficult challenges so far in online schooling....

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