Bethel Park senior earns Gold Award
Courtesy of Lyla Walsh
A Bethel Park senior earned the Girl Scout Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn.
Lyla Walsh earned her Gold Award by tackling the gender gap in engineering through her “A Girl’s Guide to Engineering Camp” this past summer. The four-day camp was designed to introduce young girls to the field of engineering. Walsh designed and hosted the camp and brought together women engineers to inspire and educate participants.
“Since I was a young Girl Scout, earning my Gold Award has always been a goal of mine,” Walsh said. “This project taught me invaluable lessons about perseverance, leadership, and time management. I’m so proud to be a Gold Award Girl Scout.”
Walsh’s accomplishment will be celebrated at a ceremony in the spring for new Gold Award Scouts in the Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania Council.
Walsh has been a member of Girl Scouts for 12 years. She also serves as president of the Student Government Association at Bethel Park High School, plays the cello in the chamber orchestra, and teaches guitar lessons at South Hills Music.
Upon graduation, she plans to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering.