Dyer County High School is a public Title I high school located in Newbern, Tennessee. It is an operated by the Dyer County Schools system. The school features its own botanical gardens located on the campus. The school is home to the 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, and 2014-15 TSSAA State Cheerleading Champions. They are also the 2012-13, 2013-14, and 2014-15 UCA National High School Cheerleading Co-ed Champions.2014 "Bless you" incidentIn August 2014, national and international news reported that a student named Kendra Turner had received in-school suspension for saying "bless you" when a classmate sneezed. An assistant principal at the school told news agencies, "I trust the teachers" and "If a teacher asks his or her students to do something reasonable to avoid a distraction in the classroom, then we expect the students to follow the rules." School officials also reportedly stated that Kendra was punished because the comment was used in a distracting way after she shouted it across the room and then was combative with the teacher. In the days following the incident, some students attended classes with homemade T-shirts reading, "Bless You" that supported Kendra.
