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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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Aquaman 2 Goes “Glub, Glub” Down the Drain

Mia Turley, Journalist February 2, 2024

The DC movie franchise has managed to somehow make themselves worse. With the recent release of “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom,” critics and fans have been unabashed in their criticism. With a score...

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Will “Supernatural” Rise From the Dead?

Mia Turley, Journalist January 26, 2024

The ghost-hunting and demon-slaying brothers might be making a return. The CW Network’s “Supernatural” has been a long-time fan favorite TV show, gathering a large fandom during the show’s 15-season...

The Art of Collaboration

The Art of Collaboration

January 12, 2024

Artists can find a muse in anything. From a starry night to an enigmatic woman, artists are renowned for being able to turn anything into a piece of art. Musicians also take inspiration from everywhere....

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Does “72 Seasons” Deserve the Hate?

Cadence Goodnight, Journalist January 5, 2024

Heavy metal band Metallica has gotten a lot of hate in the media for its latest album "72 Seasons." But does it really deserve it? As a Metallica fan, I'd say no, although it is clearly not their best...

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Spotify Wrapped: Making Music Fun

Hayley Marshall, Journalist January 4, 2024

Many people take pride in the music they listen to, which is why the anticipation of Spotify Wrapped (or Apple Music Replay, if you’re an Apple Music user) is so high. Ever since its debut in 2015, it...

Hunger Games fan watches the trailer for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

Songbirds and Snakes: It’s a Success

Maddy Hamel, FCHS Journalist December 7, 2023

“The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” is a newly-released movie based on the novel written by literary mastermind Suzanne Collins. The book came out May 19, 2020, and now, just over three years later,...

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Bringing The “Eras Concert Tour” to Swifties Everywhere

Madison Owen, FCHS Journalist November 29, 2023

Costing only $15 million to make, Taylor Swift’s “Eras Concert Tour” film has made $250 million at the box office so far this fall. Highly-anticipated by “Swifties” (as her fans call themselves),...

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“1989 Taylor’s Version” Surpasses Fans’ Dreams

Emmalyn Whyte, Journalist November 27, 2023

Taylor Swift is arguably the most popular artist of this generation, an idol who appears to be a trajectory to remain a superstar for years to come. Between 2006 when she released her self-titled debut...

A FCHS students screenshot of Set To Stun and the Desperado Undead. Photo Courtesy of Tomas Cruz Vega.

A Stunning New Album

Tomas Cruz Vega, FCHS Journalist November 21, 2023

In a violent and lawless universe, we return to the galaxy that the sci-fi metalcore band Set To Stun wove to life in their debut album: "Set To Stun and the Desperado Undead." After an eight-year-long...

Picket line formed by writers that are on strike in New York City. Outside on location of the Marvel Studios Disney+ TV show, Daredevil: Born Again on May 10, 2023. Photo courtesy of Fabebk via Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.

What the Hollywood Strikes Mean to You

Beck Martin, Assistant Editor November 17, 2023

The long-standing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike came to an end in late September. But that wasn’t the end of the saga, since the actors’ guild (known as SAG-AFTRA) continued their strike and...

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