Nancy Bort's seventh grade classes in Francis C. Hammond I won the Earth Force classroom of the year for the Capital Region for the second year in a row! They were presented with a very nice plaque and a $500 Staples gift certificate. Their Earth Force project was to create an interactive Web site so others can learn about watersheds and how to help our environment, specifically our local community.I tried calculating it in my head, but she cut me short: "There are millions and millions of seconds in a year. But how many moments are there in a second?" I answered that of course there was one moment a second. She said, "No, there was the moment you counted, and the moment you spoke, the moment you heard your voice, the moment you took a breath, the moment your heart beat, the moment you looked in my eyes, and the moment you felt hopeful.

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