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  • 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 guest forms are available in the front office. Guests who do not attend FCHS must be approved by Mrs. Bruce. Forms are due by April 19. 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.
  • April 8SOL retests will take place April 24 at 8:40 am in room 3110. Contact Ms. Blevins ([email protected]) to sign up.
  • March 26The 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.
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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Let Go

Katie Dunn, Creative Writing Student December 5, 2022

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Victoria ScottoDiVetta, Creative Writing Student November 29, 2022

I threw punches onto the hard, brick wall of the school as a river of tears left my eyes. I messed up, and now I've lost her forever. She broke up with me all because I’m an idiot. I just cheated on...

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Tears Like Rain

Victoria ScottoDiVetta, Creative Writing Student November 9, 2022

You said you loved me and made me believe But you didn’t mean it; I only believed you because I was naive Everything you said to me was a lie And even when I was right, you would deny For a week...

A rainy outside picture.

The Simulation

Morgan Donnelly, Journalist October 31, 2022

Walking through the dark, creepy alleyways, I start to feel like I'm slowly getting swallowed up by the darkness behind me. My shaking body is filled with paranoia from what is yet to come, and I wonder...

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Experimental Site 180

Madeline Hamel, Journalist October 24, 2022

I remember the day I was told that I had been specially selected for this expedition. I had partially expected the invitation because I was one of the company’s best scientists, and I’d been studying...

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Brie Ashnafi, Journalist October 4, 2022

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Anderson Miller, Journalist September 20, 2022

Sitting on the edge of a bar Wondering how long it will hold I look down at the city from above The emptiness makes me cold I think of the memories The good and the bad I think of my life with you Of...

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Lilly Clarke, Creative Writing Student September 17, 2022

Poetry, this love, like two doves up in a tree Always wanting to go on a reading spree Never wanting the words on the page to flee The lines flow down the page like wind through the leaves The...

Out of Time

Out of Time

Adyn Martin, Creative Writing Student September 9, 2022

The tick of time It can be a friend But for some It is the bitter end The clock never stops Not even for death It will always tick Until your last breath The sound is soothing for...

Hands

Angela Cumiskey, Creative Writing Student May 17, 2022

Grasping at walls, grasping at doors An innocent creature, an unruly force Covered in sand it deteriorates  Washed away, it stays  Open, it waits for a companion  Slowly losing its grip...

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