Bringin’ it Back to Babies
Syerra Milliman, Fluco Beat Editor
February 22, 2019
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Senior year is full of celebration, as friends and family witness the transition from childhood into adulthood. FCHS offers several ways for parents to reflect on their seniors’ growth and accomplishments, including purchasing a “baby ad” for the FCHS 2019 Yearbook.. The Yearbook team is curr...
FCCLA Leads FCHS
Tyler Harris, FCHS Journalist
February 19, 2019
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In a relatively new arrival to Fluvanna’s clubs line up, the Future Career and Community Leaders of America Club (FCCLA), teaches students leadership and community outreach skills in the fields of culinary, fashion, and financial literacy. The club was introduced to FCHS last September by Culinary teach...
Dance On For Hands On
Maddy Eubank, FCHS Journalist
February 8, 2019
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On Feb. 22, the Student Government Association (SGA) will be holding a casual, white-out and glow-themed dance from 8-10 pm in the Auxiliary Gym to help fund Hands on Fluvanna, the school’s annual day of volunteering in Fluvanna County. Tickets will go on sale the week of Feb. 11 in the cafeteria dur...
Editorial: We Honor Our Veterans
Blake Berry, Fluco Beat Editor
February 7, 2019
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Look around you. In your classroom, on the street, in a public building. There are people you know and people you don’t know all around you. Now, those people may be just that: people. Everyday workers, taking care of schoolwork or going to work to make their living. But some of those very same peo...
Pancakes and Plaid
Clio Schurtz, FCHS Journalist
February 6, 2019
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What could possibly get sleep-deprived students to leave their warm beds before dawn to travel to iHop on a cold February morning? The annual Lumberjack Friday tradition at FCHS. Started in 2010 by a few FCHS seniors, this now-annual student tradition (not a school-sanctioned event) is held every year o...
Multicultural Club Celebrates Unity at FCHS
Jules Shepherd, FCHS Journalist
February 4, 2019
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New ideas seem to be fluttering through the halls this year, with one such idea being a new club focused on promoting and celebrating different races and cultures at the school. Choir teacher Horace Scruggs started the club in order to “help our students gain greater knowledge and appreciation for ...
Self Care for Students
Maddy Eubank, FCHS Journalist
January 30, 2019
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This past fall, a new club was introduced at FCHS with the hopes of helping students struggling with stress as well as any other challenges they may be dealing with at home or at school. “While students may generally know what self-care is, they may be unaware of all the different self-care strateg...
Coping With Dyslexia
Danielle Bryant, FCHS Journalist
January 28, 2019
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When someone thinks of the term dyslexia, they might think it only means having trouble with reading. However, dyslexia can mean different things to different people who have to deal with this disability. Up to 20% of Americans (or one in five) have a language-based learning disability which makes lette...
Food4U Brings Food to Students in Need
Blake Berry, Fluco Beat Editor
January 22, 2019
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Hunger is a serious problem for many people around the world, and the United States is no different. Some children in America only get one meal a day instead of three, and only get that in the form of a school lunch. Gary Greenwood is an Economic and Personal Finance teacher at FCHS, as well as the co...
Flucos Celebrate Family Ties
Blake Berry, Fluco Beat Editor
January 19, 2019
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Students and staff at FCHS are frequently reminded that they are all part of a larger Fluco family. But many Flucos, "family" is a literal description, with siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, parents, and more under the same roof at school. In recognition of this fact, the FCHS Yearbook has been highligh...