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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

Fluvanna’s Other High School Closes Down

Evie Benson April 1, 2020

FCHS is not the only school which has found itself shut down for the rest of the school year. Fork Union Military Academy (FUMA) is around 25 minutes from FCHS. FUMA was established in 1898 and is a private,...

An FCHS student on her iPhone. Photo courtesy of Darnell Johnson.

Saying Goodbye to Phones?

Alex Lee March 21, 2020

If you think phone restrictions at FCHS are strict now, just wait until next year. Principal Margo Bruce recently announced that a stricter cell phone policy will be unveiled at FCHS next fall.  So...

Fluvanna County students Kameron Goldsmith (left), Rob Holbrook (middle), and Mason Davis (right.)

A Fluvanna First

Maddy Eubank, Fluco Beat Editor March 11, 2020

For the first time in the history of Fluvanna County, seven students have successfully completed the Youth Law Enforcement Training Academy. These students are a part of the Explorers program set up by...

Coffee Coolers in the Cafeteria

Coffee Coolers in the Cafeteria

Aiden Matula, FCHS Journalist March 9, 2020

Spending serious amounts of money a week going to Dunkin Donuts, Starbucks, or other coffee shops is a trend among many teens.  You constantly see students arriving to class with coffee and other iced...

Take the Fitch Challenge

Evynne Stafford, FCHS Journalist March 3, 2020

Word of a new competition has been floating in the air, specifically, a Book Report Challenge inspired by teacher Clarence Fitch. He started off by making this a task for his students; however, it has...

Sweet, Sweet Tea

Sweet, Sweet Tea

Aiden Matula, FCHS Journalist February 21, 2020

Sweet tea has become a kind of sensation at FCHS since the Culinary students have begun to prepare and sell it to students.  The tea has students flocking to the carts by the elevators where it is sold...

The S.T.A.R. Club meets Fridays in the Media Center during Fluco Focus.

JROTC Comes to Fluvanna

Kristen Pace, FCHS Journalist February 12, 2020

Last fall, Fluvanna County High School added another club to an already-long list of options, introducing the school’s first-ever Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) club. Called the...

A graduation scene from 2018 at FCHS, in non-Covid-19 times.

Graduation Consternation

Evynne Stafford, FCHS Journalist February 6, 2020

Some things in life seem fixed, like Tax Day, Christmas, and Halloween. FCHS Graduation Day seemed one of those standard dates as well, always falling on the Saturday before Memorial Day. Until now. For...

Sophomore Alexa Divers at lunch

Out to Lunch

Mia Martinez, FCHS Journalist January 31, 2020

Students began the 2020 school year with welcome news--namely, that students would now have 30 minutes to eat lunch, broken up into three longer lunch periods, compared to four shorter lunches. Yet while...

Big Changes for the New Year

Big Changes for the New Year

Maddy Eubank, Fluco Beat Editor January 15, 2020

After coming back from Christmas break, many students were surprised to hear that FCHS had made the decision to go back to an alternating Fluco Focus schedule. Prior to the change, students spent every...

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