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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.
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Sour Patch Kid

Lila Mathews, Creative Writing Student April 18, 2023

Why is it that your words tasted so sweet? Pulling me in with sugary promises Dipped in chocolate and delivered with a kiss Drunk on them like a whiskey neat Accepting your praises But in the end...

Watercolor by Brooke Napier

The Edge of Beauty

Kendall Forrest and Tomas Vega-Cruz, Creative Writing Students April 4, 2023

"The Edge of Beauty" is the result of a group project "Paint Chip Poetry" assignment in Elizabeth Pellicane's 4th Block Creative Writing class.   On the cliff’s edge once bloomed Lush flowers...

The Porcelain

The Porcelain

Grace Harris, Journalist March 28, 2023

I stand outside the house, gawking at it. It has always reminded me of a dollhouse. Every detail is designed carefully. Every shingle and every window pane is placed with care.  As a little girl, I...

Watercolor by Lydia Siebert 26

A Challenge Gone Wrong

Maya Blackburn, Creative Writing Student March 20, 2023

I’m sitting in my living room, my husband’s arm wrapped around my shoulder and my hand on my dog’s head when the first call comes.  I answer my phone with my signature “Fire department. You...

Midnight Thoughts

Midnight Thoughts

Cadence Goodnight, Journalist March 16, 2023

Wandering through your mind like a crow in a wheat field Not a single worry of what thoughts come up in that empty void Trudging through the dark abyss, that is your perception of reality The incandescent...

My Suitcase

My Suitcase

Isabella Murray, Creative Writing Student March 8, 2023

Waiting patiently in the corner  ready to accompany me, The vast expanse of space waiting to be free To bundle up my necessities  keeping them safe and ready,  the click-click of the...

Drawing by Breelyn Boucher

Wrong Choice

Emily Graves and Maddy Hamel, Creative Writing Students March 1, 2023

It started off as a normal cool summer night, but now as I rounded the corner of the subway station, running for my life, it seemed like this night was as far from normal as it could get. Anxiously,...

Artwork by FCHS art student Jocelyn Beaulieu

The Storm

Grace Harris, Journalist February 23, 2023

                      We’ve grown up in a storm that won’t end. A storm that ruins lives...                                        We’ve grown up...

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Mirror

Grace Harris, Journalist February 13, 2023

I reflect the truth Good and bad People don’t like the truth They don’t like me They look at me and see themselves Every wrinkle Every freckle People cry when we’re alone Even ones who say...

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Love is Despair

Wesley Ownby, Creative Writing Student February 6, 2023

Their eyes shining crystals I can't help but stare Lost within the gaze Of a beautiful nightmare Those eyes, a drug To which I'm cripplingly addicted That voice, a virus By which my ears are infected The...

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