LUCHA Elementary School

Sunday Night Bedtime Story with the Burts - "I am the Storm" by Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y Stemple art by Kristen and Kevin Howdeshell

Today is International SEL Day! Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. At LUCHA, we use the Kimochis program to help teach our students these important SEL skills. This program uses feelings plushies and a variety of characters to teach students how to use ...communication keys that help them manage their feelings and work well with others. To celebrate #SELday we asked our LUCHA leaders why #SELmatters to them. Take a look at a few of their awesome responses!

Tomorrow (Wednesday, March 24th) is our Spring Picture Day at LUCHA. We will be taking class pictures on Zoom to be used for our 2020-2021 school yearbook. Please make sure you are in your Zoom class on time (9am) and ready to pose for a class picture!... Say Cheese!!!!

Sunday Night Bedtime Story with the Burts - "It Began with a Page - How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way" by Kyo Maclear - illustrated by Julie Morstad

Woohoo! This week’s Imagine Learning battle was epic with a tie for 2nd place (between our two kindergarten classes who both had 90% of their class reaching their goals) and a tie for 1st place! Mrs. McCray’s 2nd graders continue to dominate with their third win and joining them this week also with 100% of students meeting their goals was Ms. Estrada’s 4th/5th graders! Keep up the hard work, LUCHA leaders!

LUCHA is now accepting registration for the 2021-2022 school year. Please share our posts this week about our school with anyone that might be interested in becoming a part of our wonderful school community!

Sunday Night Bedtime Story with the Burts - "Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch" written by Eileen Spinelli, illustrated by Paul Yalowitz.

Happy Valentine's Day! From our monstrously crafty LUCHA leaders!

The future is bright for our LUCHA Leaders! ARUSD Unity Week Day 5 - Into the Future Day #ARUSDUnited #LUCHALeaders

Happy Black History Month! Today we invite you to learn about inaugural poet and activist, Amanda Gorman. Check your Seesaw messages for information including the following links: Watch Amanda Gorman reciting her poem "The Hill We Climb at the Inauguration"... https://youtu.be/zVbargf7-o0 Watch Amanda Gorman on PBS Kids reading her poem "Talking Gets Us There" https://youtu.be/oYAc3Zr7wFw You can watch the full PBS Kids Talk About Race & Racism here: https://pbskids.org/video/dots-spot/3047127185 We hope that these resources will help inspire your LUCHA leader to complete their entry into the Black History Month Expressions Contest that is assigned as a Seesaw Activity. Entries are due February 26th so have your child take their time in completing this and include their best work! We can't wait to see your entries! #LUCHAcelebratesBlackHistoryMonth

Our LUCHA Leaders are college-bound! We enjoyed celebrating the 10th annual College Day yesterday! It’s never too early to plan for your future!

We’re ready for College Day, are you? Wear your college gear and/or bring your homemade college pennant to Launch today! Learn more about college (and where our LUCHA teachers went to college) through this Nearpod activity:... https://share.nearpod.com/3IjJAzBINab Share your pictures with us below and/or on your Seesaw College Day Post!

We'll be ending College Week with a special College-themed LUCHA Launch on Friday! Don't forget to wear your college gear!

Sunday Night Bedtime Story - "Say Something" by Peter H. Reynolds

We are looking for the leaders amongst all of our LUCHA Leaders to serve on our 2020-2021 Student Council. Interested students should fill out this form: https://forms.gle/pxSJRgTqwee43CEu6 and join our Zoom call tomorrow (Friday, October 16th) at 11am (use the LUCHA Launch login) to learn more about what this entails and to start creating campaign posters!

Last call for our virtual bookfair! Support our school and get books for your family! Shop from this link until October 13th! Please share this post with friends and family! https://www.scholastic.com/bf/luchaschool

Sunday Night Bedtime Story with Mrs. Burt - When Sophie Gets Angry, Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang

Calling all scholarship-eligible families! You can now register for City of San José PRNS youth program sessions through December 2020 at NO COST! Children c...urrently enrolled in kindergarten through eight grade can participate in our full day (8 a.m. - 6 p.m.) or afterschool (3 p.m. - 6 p.m.) R.O.C.K. ‘n’ Learn programs at City of San José community centers, libraries and parks. Children ages 3-5 can participate in our San José Recreation Program at community centers or in our Virtual Recreation Program from home. For all in-person programs, face coverings are required, daily health screenings will be performed, and each learning pod is limited to 12 children or less. Parents and caregivers must apply for scholarships in person at a community center, and scholarships can be used at any program location.

There will be no school on Monday, October 12, 2020 in observation of the Teacher Professional Development day. *** No habrá clases el lunes, 12 de octubre, por el día para el desarrollo profesional de los maestros.

Have you shopped the bookfair yet? Support our school and get books for your family! Shop from this link between now and October 13th! Please share this post with friends and family! https://www.scholastic.com/bf/luchaschool

Thank you to our LUCHA teachers who have tirelessly worked to create structures and systems to keep our LUCHA leaders engaged during distance learning! We value your creativity, innovation, compassion, and perseverance during these challenging times!

Sunday Night Bedtime Story with Mrs. Burt - Sally Simon Simmons' Super Frustrating Day from "Ruby's Studio: The Feelings Show"

We hope all of our LUCHA leaders enjoyed the Readathon yesterday! We love seeing all these photos of you engaged in reading! We are today’s readers, tomorrow’s leaders!