After a relaxing summer I am thrilled to come back to St. Jude and meet my new fourth grade students! This time of year always gets me really excited for all the new adventures and lessons we will learn together. Be prepared for the best school year yet! 

Can anyone guess where I took this picture? 

It is from my summer vacation. One of my favorite places to visit!

See you soon!

-Mrs. Balog

Last Day of Fourth Grade! It was a great year- thank you for making me smile each day and being the wonderful people you are! Have a great summer!

Fourth Grade Readers Theater!

Maryland Day 2016!

Fourth Graders spent the school year learning about Maryland geography and history in Social Studies. We celebrated this year long study of our great state by having a celebration...Maryland Day- a long standing tradition for fourth grade- and an excellent way to end our great year together! Thank you to the parents for helping us pull off this great day! 

We had guest speakers- the Aspen Hill police department, and the Kensington fire and rescue. They taught the students about working hard and being a worker in Maryland. 

We made many crafts, and played games- we also planted Black Eyed Susan's! 

Field Day 2016!

Spring Band and Choir Concert

We have so much talent in our school!

Maryland County Projects

Fourth graders picked different Maryland counties at random. They went to the computer lab and did research on the counties land forms, rivers, attractions, political figures, and famous people from the county. Students made a poster out of the information they found and did a presentation to the class. Nice work!