Samantha Takeda, Visuals Editor
Sam Takeda is the art editor for West Signals. As a senior, this will be her third year on staff and second year as an editor. She looks forward to bringing new stories and visuals to the student body in hopes of being able to create fond memories of her high school years. In her free time, she enjoys reading, sketching at the park, experimenting with new artistic mediums, and spending time with friends!
![As a month of AP testing continues, students prepare for online exams by taking practice tests. Riyana Roy (10) notes how she plans to study for her AP World History exam: “Since world history is about remembering facts, I’m [going to] use active recall where I ask myself questions about important topics to see if I can remember them. I’ll probably create notes for every unit too, and sort them into various world history themes which would be useful on the DBQ (Document Based Question) portion.”](https://whssignals.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP-Testing-900x900.png)
![On April 12th-14th, tryouts for West High’s Speech and Debate team were held. Team captain Jana Abulaban (11) expresses what she got out of being a part of the team: “Once I joined, I understood the broader concept of Speech and Debate and really understood what I wanted to gain [from] it: that feeling of being part of a really supportive team...I have learned to publicly speak more and be more confident with it.”](https://whssignals.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/4_13–4_20-Article-Apr-19-2021-at-10_59-PM-900x900.jpg)
![West High’s ASB threw themed events for each class using the GooseChase scavenger hunt app. Anika Agarwal (10) participated in the St. Patrick’s Day themed event, noting how one event included collecting as many green items as she could find to photograph: “it was pretty fun, especially [when] asking my family to [help].”](https://whssignals.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Scavenger-Hunt-900x900.png)
![As the days of online learning play on repeat, students such as Eva Reyes (10) wonder when in-person school will return. She expressed, “online [school] is getting tiring as it’s hard to sit and look at a computer for a long time and learning feels the same for every class.”](https://whssignals.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Returning-to-School-675x900.jpg)
