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Students' kites go from formula to flight

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Travon Roberts, 11, gets his homemade kite off the ground.

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Aryss Ruley, 10, left, Kyle Sell, 11, center left, and Travon Roberts, 11, center right, listen as their teacher teacher Stephanie Tanner, a Gifted Intervention Specialist, right, goes over the mathematical formula they will use to calculate the height their kites will fly once they're constructed.

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Aryss Ruley, 10, right, and her classmates measure their pacing.

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Rosemary Luong, 11, traces the outline of her kite before cutting it out.

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Sedric Shimatzki, 11, center, cuts out his kite pattern during class.

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Aryss Ruley, 10, left, cuts out her kite pattern during class.

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Travon Roberts, 11, left, jokes with Kyle Sell, 11, top right, as their teacher Stephanie Tanner, a Gifted Intervention Specialist, works with their classmate Sedric Shimatzki, 11, bottom right.

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Rosemary Luong, 11, center left, flies her kite as her classmates work to get theirs up in the air.

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Sedric Shimatzki, 11, flies his homemade kite during class.

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Rosemary Luong, 11, runs as she attempts to get her handmade kite up in the air.

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Aryss Ruley, 10, left, and Sedric Shimatzki, 11, right, fly their kites during class.

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Rosemary Luong, 11, flies her handmade kite.

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Students in class with teacher Stephanie Tanner, a Gifted Intervention Specialist, fill out the information to calculate the height their kites will fly.

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Aryss Ruley, 10, left, helps Travon Roberts, 11, center, cut the pattern out for his kite during class.

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