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  • April 24There will be a marching band interest meeting on April 25 at 7:00 pm in the FCHS auditorium.
  • April 23700 students showed up to the Suicide Prevention Walk on April 19. All profits benefited the ConnerStrong Foundation.
  • April 9Four members of the debate team qualified for States at their Super Regional tournament on April 6. States will occur April 26 and 27 at JMU.
  • April 9Prom tickets are $20 and are on sale before school and during lunches.
  • April 8Culinary will be selling Cake in a Cup, sweet tea, and lemonade during April. Cakes are $3 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

The Fluco Beat

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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...

The Greatest Weapon

The Greatest Weapon

Tomas Cruz Vega, Creative Writing Student January 31, 2023

Love is a weapon. Ever piercing in the heart. Love gives strength yet weakens. Wield it wisely and you shall prosper. Prosper for love empowers more than any symbol, Shields more than any barrier, And...

Heart of Freezing Fire

Heart of Freezing Fire

Katie Dunn, Creative Writing Student January 18, 2023

Heart of freezing fire it is dark and desolate, a harsh, lonely life, until she comes. she is kind and bright, lighting the world in her delicate glow. but he keeps his head low, turning from her...

Thanks for the Lies

Thanks for the Lies

Victoria ScottoDiVetta January 9, 2023

There you are laughing and smiling If only you knew right now I feel like I’m dying I’m putting on a show So nobody will know The dark feelings that I try to hide And how I really feel on the...

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