Saratoga High student wins Girl Scout Gold – The Mercury News

Saratoga High School senior Kylee O’Brien won the Girl Scout Gold Award in recognition of a documentary she made on school shootings in the United States. The award is the highest recognition that members of the Girl Scouts can receive.

Documenting success

Saratoga High School senior Kylee O’Brien won the Girl Scout Gold Award in recognition of a documentary she made on school shootings in the United States.

The award is the highest recognition that members of the Girl Scouts can receive. O’Brien, who plans to attend California State University, Long Beach, this fall, completed the project to raise awareness about the topic using skills she learned in Saratoga High’s media arts program, her father Rob O’Brien said in an email.

She plans to pursue a double major in film and Spanish this fall, her father said.

Lecturer looks west

The Saratoga Historical Foundation is hosting “Opening the West: 1840 to 1846,” a lecture by Robert Keahey, a docent at the Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum in Sunnyvale.

Keahey will talk about westward migration to California on June 25 at 7 p.m. at the Saratoga Foothill Club, 20399 Park Place. The event is free for club members and $5 for non-members. For more information, visit saratogahistory.com.

Repair cafe needs volunteers

The Saratoga Library is looking for individuals with experience in repair work to volunteer at its repair cafe this month.

On June 30, members of the public can bring in items in need of repair to the Saratoga Library, where volunteers will be available to help with repairs. The library is seeking volunteers with expertise in repairing small appliances and electronics, sewing and mending and bike repairs.

Interested volunteers can contact Lisa at lliu@sccl.org for more information.