Judy Woodruff:

For some more perspective about this day, we're joined by two students who participated in the walkout. They were also a part of a team from more than a dozen of our Student Reporting Labs that reported on the day across the country for the "NewsHour." Both of them are from John F. Kennedy High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, part of the Montgomery County School System.

Ceilidh Kern is a sophomore there. And Jaylah Ross is a junior.

And we welcome both of you to the "NewsHour."

Jaylah, let me start with you. Why did you want to be part of this today?