Young artists at The Island School went a little wild recently.

The Island School Art Club created an animal cutout photo board for the West Sound Wildlife Shelter.

The Island School Art Club met for after-school sessions to design and paint the board with their teacher, Austin Ohm.

Two shelter animals that visited the school inspired the artists. EJ Jewett, a handler for the shelter, brought a possum and a peregrine falcon for the students to sketch.

The shelter will display the board at public events, where visitors can pose as a rabbit, fawn, eagle or raccoon. Shelter experts teach the community to preserve and respect wild animals and their habitats.

The Island School is an independent school educating students in kindergarten through fifth grade, and the school itself is a place where wild things roam. The school’s grounds are a National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat.