Thursday, 20 June 2019 09:23
Students With Perfect Attendance to be Rewarded With Free Bikes, Helmets
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.
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Tuesday, 05 June 2018 09:13
Perfect Attendance Equals Free Bikes
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.
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Friday, 23 March 2018 16:03
Modest Turnout is Still Progress in Effort to Reduce Student Truancy
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.
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Wednesday, 27 July 2016 15:27
Volunteers Call to Reduce Truancy
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.
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Friday, 28 August 2015 10:14
DA's Truancy Mentoring Program Links with "RePRESENT Everyday" to Increase School Attendance
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.
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Friday, 05 June 2015 11:07
Shelby Students Get Free Bikes for Perfect Attendance
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.
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Thursday, 28 May 2015 16:04
Perfect Attendance Means Free Bikes for Students
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.
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Friday, 13 March 2015 08:31
Knox County D. A.’s Office to Model Shelby County D.A.’s Truancy Mentoring Program
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.
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Friday, 22 August 2014 15:03
Mother Convicted of Contributing to Child’s Truancy
MEMPHIS - Aug. 22, 2014 - The mother of a teenage boy who had 52 unexcused absences from Germantown Middle School in 2012-13 has been convicted of criminal charges, Shelby County Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich said Friday.
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Tuesday, 17 June 2014 15:55
Perfect Attendance Means Free Bikes for 344 Students
MEMPHIS – For 344 Shelby County School students, May 24, 2014 was a perfect ending to a school year with no absences and not even one tardy occurrence.
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