Mrs. Boyd and Mrs. Elaine Patterson, the AP Art Teacher, helped each student to develop a design that would be multi-layered, inviting the viewer to enter into the artwork and explore both the images, the ideas, and the possible solutions to each chosen theme. Ideas were as varied as students with topics such as the imbalance of world powers, broken families, effects of physical or emotional abuse, pollution of world resources, addictions, and a host of other issues. Because the topics would be publically displayed within a permanent installation at Forestview, students were encouraged to create images that were more abstract and subtle as they dealt with these difficult topics. Abstraction and layering would be a tool to pull the viewer into the work for a closer look at the issues and a contemplation of possible solutions.