Fluvanna County High School
| Fluvanna County High School | |
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1918 Thomas Jefferson Parkway Palmyra, Virginia, Fluvanna County, Virginia 22963 United States |
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| School type | Public high school |
| Motto | No Negative Attitude |
| Established | 1934 |
| Principal | Mr. James Barlow |
| Grades | 8-12 |
| Color(s) | Navy Blue / Yellow Gold |
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VHSL Group 3A West Region Jefferson District |
| Team name | Flying Flucos |
| Website | http://www.fluco.org/fhs/SitePages/index.aspx |
Fluvanna County High School (FCHS) is a public school about two miles west of Palmyra, Virginia on Virginia State Route 53. It opened in the 1934 as one of the first county consolidated high schools in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. The school is noted for its unique nickname, the Flying Flucos.
The original Fluvanna County High School was located in Carysbrook, Virginia. The Carysbrook campus was renovated in the 1980s and now serves as the Offices of the Fluvanna County Social Services Department, a community center with an auditorium for local performing arts groups. The Fluvanna County Department of Parks and Recreation administers the original FCHS gym and playing fields.
The Fluvanna County School Division integrated in 1969 and the high school became known as Fluvanna Senior High School (grades 10 -12). The former Abrams High School became Fluvanna Junior High School (grades 8 & 9).
In the summer of 1976, a new Fluvanna County High School opened adjacent to the old Abrams High School (Fluvanna Jr. High) near Palmyra. This school campus, now Fluvanna Middle School, has had many additions constructed and renovations since the original construction in 1975.
In 2009 the Fluvanna County School Board approved the building of a new Fluvanna County High School on the Pleasant Grove property on the Rivanna River near Palmyra. The new FCHS at Pleasant Grove (Palmyra, Virginia) opened in 2012.
In 1948 Fluvanna County was one of the few teams in Virginia that was playing high school football as the team finished the season with a 7-1-1 record. The 1949 Fluvanna County High School Yearbook, the Fluvannual, makes first reference to the nickname Flying Flucos. As written in the yearbook, "Our next game on November 12 was the pride of the 'Flying Flucos'. Rated as underdogs in this game between Fluvanna and Manchester, we racked up a touchdown, a safety, and an extra point, to edge them 9 - 6. This is the team, incidentally, that gave us the name, 'Flying Flucos.' " Prior to this game something was probably said or written about "The Flying Men of Flu.Co." (an attempt to abbreviate Fluvanna County) The students at Fluvanna County HS embraced 'Flying Flucos' and it has been the nickname ever since.
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