Chatham Schools Celebrate Heroes Day [VIDEO]

As the state-wide Week of Respect comes to a close, students at Chatham schools have different definitions of what a hero is to them.

Chatham High School: "We Are Chatham"

students worked on videos about what makes them unique and a part of the Chatham High community. The project, called "We Are Chatham, also includes individualized T-shirts which state the thing makes that participating students on the front, such as "I am a dharma bum," the title of senior J.C Perrin's project, and "We Are Chatham" on the back. Lisa Kool-Behr, a teacher at Chatham High, also did a video entitled "I am hearing impaired."

Chatham Middle School: "We Don't Stand By, We Stand Together"

Chatham Middle School students signed a large banner with the message "We Don't Stand By, We Stand Together" on Monday and Tuesday, which was unveiled Friday in an outdoor rally. The idea for the banner and its message came from sixth-grader Olivia Robertson, who saw a news report about 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, a Buffalo teen who killed himself in September after he was bullied.

Students also had days of wearing Chatham gear or blue and white (Chatham's colors), and faculty pulled videos about bullying from YouTube for students to watch.

"We're trying to focus on bystanders ... who haven't used their voice yet," said Vice Principal Robert Gardella.

Lafayette Avenue School and a Medevac Helicopter

At , various community and public safety organizations were invited to give presentations at the school. The and taught kids about their uniforms and equipment, and gave tours of the fire trucks. The Seeing Eye of Morristown showed students how guide dogs improve the quality of life of the visually impaired. The and were also present, and Tim Brown, a flight nurse, and his colleagues landed a state medevac helicopter on school grounds, showed the children around and told them about his work. Brown has a daughter who attends Lafayette Avenue School.

The Week of Respect is part of the new in January. The week always begins the first Monday in October, and the law requires school district to provide age-appropriate instruction on the prevention of bullying, intimidation or harassment.