More than 100 DeKalb County schools on Wednesday will receive 6-foot-high banners declaring that their campuses are "No Place for Hate."

The ceremony marks the culmination of an anti-bullying program sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League and embraced by the DeKalb system starting this school year.

Students at each school receiving a banner had to:

• Establish a schoolwide "No Place for Hate" committee.

• Sign a "resolution of respect" or a "No Place for Hate" promise to reject bullying and bigotry.

• Complete at least three schoolwide anti-bias projects that promote respect and diversity.

The 636 students at Murphey Candler Elementary, for example, decided to give their school a hug by literally joining hands and circling the building.

They also hosted a youth empowerment group to learn about stereotyping; had a Ronald McDonald assembly to learn anti-bullying rules of conduct; and collected $700 through the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's "Pennies for Patients."

The Anti-Defamation League began the "No Place for Hate" program for schools in 2001.