Fluvanna High School

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Fluvanna County High School opened in the 1932 as one of the first county consolidated high schools in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. It is currently located about two miles south of Palmyra, Virginia on US 15.

Fluvanna County High School
Established	1932
Type	Public
Grades	10-12
Location	3717 Central Plains Road, Palmyra, Virginia,
Website	www.fluco.org

The original Fluvanna High School was located in Carysbrook. The original high school campus was renovated in the 1980s and now serves as a community center. The gym and playing fields are used by the county parks and recreation department. 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 High School opened adjacent to the old Abrams High School (Fluvanna Jr. High) near Palmyra. The current Fluvanna County High School has had many additions constructed and renovations since the original construction in 1975. The Fluvanna County School Board is currently debating whether to build a new Fluvanna High School on the Pleasant Grove property on the Rivanna River near Palmyra.

1 History of the Flying Flucos Mascot
2 Extracurricular activities
3 Notable Alumni
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History of the Flying Flucos Mascot

In the 1940s Fluvanna was one of the few teams in Virginia that was playing high school football. The team was very successful. There was a big game with a school from the Richmond area. In a newspaper article the term Flying Flucos emerged. Something was written to the effect, "The High Flying Men of Flu.Co." (an attempt to abbreviate Fluvanna County) This was taken over by the Fluvanna HS as the 'Flying Flucos' and has been the mascot ever since.

The 'Mercury Winged Foot' Flying Fluco logo appeared in the 1960s. The flying 'F' with wings is a recent change in the logo. Students at FHS call the gym the 'Shoebox.' There was an effort in recent years to make a super hero type character the Flying Fluco but never gathered any support. The Flying Fluco mascot made the ESPN Top 100 High School mascots in the country a few years ago. When the school district integrated in the 1960s there was some discussion to come up with a new mascot when Abrams HS combined with Fluvanna HS but the Flying Flucos mascot was retained. (Neighboring school districts in the late 1960s did change their school mascots when they integrated. Buckingham County HS switched from the Buccaneers to the Knights and Louisa County HS switched from the Rebels to the Lions.)

Flying Fluco football made a name for itself in the 1970s and 1980s led by Coach Phil Browning. In fact, Fluvanna participated in the first Group 'A' Football Championship game in 1970 as well as the 1981 Group 'A' title game. The Flying Flucos were also very successful in Track and Field during the 70s and 80s, winning state championships to include the Group 'A' Indoor boys title in 1974, 1976, 1978, and 1979 and the Group 'A' Outdoor boys title in 1981, 1982, and 1983. The girls track team won the 1981 Group 'A' outdoor track title. The track program was led by coaches Phil Browning, Tap Pace, and Feda Kidd. The basketball program, coached by boys coach Munro Rateau and girls coach Feda Kidd, won state championships during the 80s and early 90s to include the boys Group 'A' title in 1989 and 1990 and the girls Group 'A' title in 1981 and 1982.

The Flying Flucos participated in the James River District for many years with traditional rivals Buchingham, Goochland, Amelia, Cumberland, Prince Edward, and Powhatan. Lunenburg Central became a James River District rival in later years. As enrollment for the high school grew, the Flying Flucos moved to the AA Jefferson District with rivals Western Albemarle, Monticello, Charlottesville, William Monroe, Louisa, and Orange.

[edit] Extracurricular activities

The school's marching band finished in fourth place at the 2007 United States Scholastic Band Association National Championships, competing as a Group I band at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland on November 16, 2007, with a score of 92.575.^[1]