Ben Longacre, right, Northampton Area High School Student Council representative to the NASD School Board, and a son of Northampton Area School District Board of Education Director Charles "Chuck" Longacre, left, announces at the Jan. 27 board meeting that he has been accepted to attend the United States Naval Academy. Ben Longacre expects to attend July 1, following NASD graduation. He plans to major in mechanical engineering and train to become a Navy SEAL. "I've always known I've wanted to be in the military," Ben Longacre said.