Even if President Trump skips the event as promised, the White House Correspondents' Dinner will have some special guests this year.

The six high school students from Pittsburg, Kansas who investigated their principal's dodgy resume are getting an all-expenses paid trip to the April 29 event in Washington, DC.

The annual dinner, known in political circles as the 'Nerd Prom', draws the ultra-elite of politics and journalism for an evening of humor and elbow-rubbing.

'We are pretty excited,' Emily Smith, advisor to the Booster Redux school newspaper, said in a statement to the Pittsburg Morning Sun. 'We are very honored they thought of us!'

Pictured are student journalists Gina Mathew, Kali Poenitske, Maddie Baden, Trina Paul, Connor Balthazor and Patrick Sullivan (left-to-right). They have been invited to attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 29

Actress Emma Watson is seen at last year's correspondents' dinner. Known as the 'Nerd Prom', the event draws the ultra-elite of politics and journalism for an evening of elbow-rubbing

The Huffington Post has offered to pay all expenses for the trip.

Late last month, the Booster Redux published a story exposing the holes in the resume of the school's new principal.

Amy Robertson, the newly-appointed principal at Pittsburg High School in Kansas, had been approved for her new job by the local Board of Education on March 6.

During their three-week investigation the six reporters discovered information casting doubt over the private college where their principal received both her Masters and Doctorate degrees.

In an article, the students wrote that Corllins University - where Robertson studied, had been 'under fire in the national media for its lack of legitimacy'.

The article went on to reference another story from an Oregon newspaper that referred to Corllins as 'a business that sells fake college degrees'.

The story was published by the student newspaper last month, and the headline that it ran with is pictured

The students also reported the private college is not accredited by the US Department of Education.

Pittsburg's Community Schools Board of Education held a special meeting on April 4 in light of the stunning allegations, during which Robertson walked away from her new job - and its $93,000 salary.

'Amy Robertson felt it was in the best interest of the district to resign her position,' Superintendent Destry Brown said in a statement after the executive session, according to the Kansas City Star.

Amy Robertson, a Kansas high school principal, was forced to resign after her dodgy education background was exposed by a group of student journalists

'I do feel it is my responsibility. As superintendent I feel like I let the teachers and the students down. I publicly admit that.'

Despite resigning, Robertson defended herself against the allegations.

'The current status of Corllins University is not relevant because when I received my MA in 1994 and my PhD in 2010, there was no issue,' she told the Star.

'All three of my degrees have been authenticated by the US government.

'I have no comment in response to the questions posed by PHS students regarding my credentials because their concerns are not based on facts.'

The student newspaper's editor, Trina Paul, said the team looked into Robertson to ensure they had the best principal possible.

'She was going to be the head of our school, and we wanted be assured that she was qualified and had the proper credentials,' the senior told the Star.

'We stumbled on some things that most might not consider legitimate credentials.'

Amy Robertson, the newly-appointed principal at Pittsburg High School (pictured) in Kansas, was approved for her new job by the local Board of Education last month

Another student, Maddie Baden, said the newspaper's student staff became concerned after it discovered articles online linking Robertson with an English language school in Dubai that had its license suspended.

Robertson lived 'on and off' in Dubai for almost 20 years prior to taking the job in Pittsburg. Prior to moving back to the US, her most recent job had been as an education consultant with a firm called Atticus I S Consultants.

The ousted principal earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of Tulsa.

President Donald Trump has announced he will break from tradition and skip the dinner, which typically features a comedic roast of the sitting president.