Dec. 10, 2019 – The Memphis Grizzlies will host a pep rally today at Magnolia Elementary to announce a new incentive-based program to help combat truancy and keep kids in school, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

June 20, 2019 – A record 321 Shelby County Schools students with perfect attendance have qualified to receive free bicycles and helmets this weekend through the DA’s Every DAy in School Program, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

June 5, 2018 – The fifth-annual bicycle giveaway for students with perfect attendance at participating Shelby County schools will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday June 9 at the Pipkin Building on Tiger Lane near Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich said Tuesday.

March 23, 2018 – The second Operation Safe Serve event held Thursday to allow parents of truant children to resolve court-related issues without fear of arrest showed a better turnout than the first event, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

MEMPHIS – More than 20 elected officials, celebrities and media personalities turned out Monday evening for the first anti-truancy phone-a-thon called “Dialing for Students: Celebrity Night,” said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

Memphis, TN - Aug. 27, 2015 - District Attorney General Amy Weirich, Shelby County Mayor Mark Lutrell and Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dorsey Hopson, Principal Rodney Rowan of Cherokee Elementary School and the Memphis Grizzlies Foundation Director Diane Terrell announced September 2015 as Attendance Awareness Month.

MEMPHIS – June 5, 2015 - Some 211 Shelby County School students, including six previous winners, received free bicycles and helmets Saturday, May 30th, for perfect attendance throughout the 2014-15 school year, said Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich.

MEMPHIS - May 28, 2015 - This school year 211 Shelby County School students will be rewarded for finishing the school year with no absences - not even a tardy, Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich said Thursday.

MEMPHIS, TN – Mar. 13, 2015 – Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich announced truancy mentoring training this Saturday for new truancy mentoring volunteers and open enrollment for those interested in becoming truancy mentors.