This week, Mrs. Leslie Merritt’s honors students used their creativity and critical thinking to make geometry take flight. Using only one letter-sized sheet of copy paper, Blue Jays created paper airplanes. While cutting was allowed, students were not able to add weight to the planes by using tape or glue. They then wrote directions — words only, no pictures — on how to make the airplanes, which included 10 different geometric terms. Students then participated in class competitions for distance, creative flight, and accuracy. Pictured here, a group of students launches their planes from the second floor balcony.