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Honoring and congratulating the Mastery Charter North girls basketball team, on their successful 2019-2020 season and overall 20-9 record in the Philadelphia Public League girls basketball championships.
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WHEREAS, The Girls Mastery Charter North basketball team is led by the Philadelphia Reign professional women's coach and Simon Gratz Alumni, Brandon Milwood; and
WHEREAS, Players Jaylah Robinson, Astan Kane, Ahjae Hederson, Brooke Thompson, Mikayla Zettlemoyer, Nashiah Thompson-King, Angela Sanders, Tierra Riley, Ayanna Eldridge, and Sierra Riley showed determination, strength, and skill to become Philadelphia Public League champions; and
WHEREAS, The team has ranked second overall in the Philadelphia Public - Independence conference and fifteenth overall in the Pennsylvania Division AAAAA; and
WHEREAS, MCN worked to defeat rival teams like Imhotep Charter in the Championship game held on February 22nd. While earlier in the regular season Imhotep beat MCN, with a higher energy and increased disciple, MCN was victorious over Imhotep Charter's pressure defense and
WHEREAS, Sophomore Jaylah Robinson helped lead the team with a 16 average points per game, 1.5 average rebounds per game, and 1.5 average assists per game. Robinson was deemed as a key part of MCN's successful season. Robinson was named the Philadelphia Public Leauge's Player of the Year and MVP following the victory in February. Robinson was awarded player of the game several times and as captain showed leadership, skill, and determination that was integral for the Philadelphia Public League girls basketball championship; and
WHEREAS, The Mastery Charter school's mission is to ensure "All students learn the academic and personal skills they need to be truly prepared for postsecondary success and able to pursue their dreams" and has demonstrated their commitments to student achievement, continuous improvement, and a pursuance to equity, that prepares students for an ever changing postgr...
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