Close to one million are expected to descend on Washington, D.C. on Friday for the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Among those masses will be a contingent of local high school students. Press credentials at the ready, the group will serve as reporters, transmitting what they see back to New Hampshire.

Thanks to a grant from the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, eight Franklin Pierce students, 16 high-schoolers and four advisers will take that trip to Washington.

“The Fitzwater Center and Franklin Pierce have always leveraged our geography in the Granite State, home to the first-in-the-nation primary, to provide immersive experiences that challenge student perspectives, engage their intellects and help them find their voices in the public discourse that is so essential to the health of our democracy,” said Dr. Kristen Nevious, director of the Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication, in a press release.

Conant High School seniors Kole Patten, April Langley, Alex Wentworth and Joe Wiley, accompanied by civics teacher Seth Farmer, will broadcast live from the scene on Twitter and Instagram using the handle @chs2017dc. Folks at home can follow along with their adventures as they attend the inauguration, tour historic monuments and attend press conferences, where they’ll have a chance to grill New Hampshire’s newly elected officials.

ConVal, too, will send a pair of student representatives along with teacher Greg Leonard.

“Two of our students, Michelle Jarest and Jason Frank, have what could be a once in a lifetime experience by being present at the U.S. Presidential Inauguration,” Leonard said in the release. “By extension, it will be an exceptional opportunity for the students of ConVal High School to experience the Presidential Inauguration through two of their own, as will the greater Monadnock community.”

Once the students return, look for a special page in the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript where they report what they saw, heard and experienced during the inauguration weekend.

Students from Keene, Kingswood, Pinkerton and Souhegan will also attend.