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Honoring and recognizing the Math, Civics & Sciences Charter School Basketball Team, the "Mighty Elephants" for Winning the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Class A State Championship.

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Status
Adopted
Type
Resolution
Introduced
June 13, 2019
Sponsors
CBCouncilmember BlackwellMark SquillaCGCouncilmember GreenCPCouncilmember ParkerCOCouncilmember OhCindy BassCGCouncilmember GreenleeCDCouncilmember DombCGCouncilmember GymCPCouncil President ClarkeCurtis Jones, Jr.Brian J. O'NeillCTCouncilmember TaubenbergerCQCouncilmember Quiñones SánchezKenyatta JohnsonCRCouncilmember Reynolds Brown

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WHEREAS, On March 22, 2019, The Math, Civics & Sciences Charter School (MCSCS) Basketball Team, the “Mighty Elephants” won the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Class A State Championship (PIAA); and

WHEREAS, Veronica Joyner is the Founder and Chief Administrative Officer of MCSCS. Founded in 1999, MCSCS is one of the largest charter schools in the State of Pennsylvania with a population of nearly one thousand students in grades first through twelfth; and

WHEREAS, MCSCS was recognized by the Pennsylvania Department of Education as one of the City’s top-ten schools out of more than three hundred public and charter schools in Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, The Mathematics, Civics and Sciences Charter School “Mighty Elephants” basketball team was founded in 2000; and

WHEREAS, Philadelphia Charter Schools entered the Philadelphia public league and the PIAA in 2006; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, THAT THE PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL HEREBY, Honors and recognizes the Math, Civics & Sciences Charter School Basketball Team, the “Mighty Elephants” for winning the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Class A State Championship.

FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be presented as a sincere expression of City Council’s appreciation and recognition.

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    Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar

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