Samantha Takeda, Visuals Editor
Sam Takeda is the Visuals Editor for Signals and a junior at West. It's her second year in journalism, and she's excited to work with the staff to tell stories and inform her peers through art and photography. In her free time, you might catch her playing tennis, drawing, or hanging out 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)
