{"id":275163,"date":"2026-06-23T12:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/275163\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T12:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T12:21:08","slug":"student-government-president-taya-senerchias-graduation-speech-looking-toward-tomorrow-pelham-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/275163\/","title":{"rendered":"Student government president Taya Senerchia\u2019s graduation speech, \u2018Looking Toward Tomorrow\u2019 \u2013 Pelham Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Student<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is wrong with the world is that we do not ask what is right.\u201d \u2014 G. K. Chesterton in 1910.<\/p>\n

Insight from over a century ago feels more pertinent than ever. What is unkind and inconvenient is obvious to us. It is the smaller moments that we seldom acknowledge.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

This morning, we all had to wake up a little earlier than we would have liked. This cap makes my head\u00a0look\u00a0a funny shape, and, of course, there is the slight panic that the words I chose for this speech will not resonate.\u00a0But still, the line of our family members eager for good seats began before the gates were even open. And somehow, a class known to give this faculty a run for their money is graduating with astonishing success, much of it entirely driven by personal passion. As for the speech,\u00a0here goes nothing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is impossible to fully understand our\u00a0privilege. Every one of us is inexplicably lucky\u00a0to have\u00a0the security this school provides: a built-in community, teachers who invest in your success beyond the classroom, and the repeated chance to fail, learn, grow, and try again. For every ounce of self you commit to this community, it remembers and returns.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In these later days of senior year, when\u00a0we are all clawing at the walls for a change of scenery, it is simple to forget what is right. That the mayhem of health class did give us a good laugh\u00a0now\u00a0and again, that the same person you pass like clockwork on your daily routine offers a smile, and that you\u2019re in a building with people who have seen you at your darkest, but who tend to help you through it rather than remind you of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I believe this community has graciously prepared us for tomorrow: the calm after graduation, the excitement of starting\u00a0anew, and the capability to extend yourself to others, even those you\u00a0have just met.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As we look towards tomorrow, the challenge\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0to recognize what needs fixing, but to be the people willing and prepared to create the change.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Or, as I was once told: \u201cIt is not what we take from life, but what we give back to others that defines us. If tomorrow never comes,\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0how I hope\u00a0you\u2019ll\u00a0measure yourself. Not by how perfectly you carried the heavy things, but by how often you reached for someone else\u2019s share.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

When you lead your life in this way, you are more likely to see the good. To move through struggle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The good that corrects all that is wrong with the world is your service, that prideful, uniquely Pelham commitment to others. Look towards tomorrow, confident that if tomorrow never comes, we will take with us from the world all that is right. Thank you and congratulations again to my peers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Student Government President Taya Senerchia gave this speech during the commencement ceremonies Saturday at Pelham Memorial High School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWhat is wrong with the world is that we do not ask what is right.\u201d \u2014 G. K.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-275163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}