Wildcats got to expreice a bit of farm life with when they visited Cherry Place Farm.  The Fall Field trip included 6th graders who are a part of a mentoring program, along with student amabassadors and members of the TV News Crew, Yearbook and Paw Print Staff.  For many of the students, this was their first visit to a farm.

Cherry Place Farm is located at 1922 Oakdale Road in Rock Hill, SC, not far from Saluda Trail.  The farm, owned  and operated by the Westbrook family,  has been around since 1940, according to Bailey Westbook who showed the group around the farm.

The students were broken into several groups and got to participate in various activities. Wildcats got to pet and feed several  animals including goats, chickens and sheep. Bailey showed them the best way to do so. 

They  got to go through a two-acre corn maze.  While there was a QR code of the map of the maze, several students and staff still managed to get lost.  Student got see a lot more of the farm when took a hay ride around the 145 acre farm. They snacked on popcorn  and recieved a baby pumpkin from the pumpkin patch as they were leaving. 

Wildcats got to expreice a bit of farm life with when they visited Cherry Place Farm.  The Fall Field trip included 6th graders who are a part of a mentoring program, along with student amabassadors and members of the TV News Crew, Yearbook and Paw Print Staff.  For many of the students, this was their first visit to a farm.

Cherry Place Farm is located at 1922 Oakdale Road in Rock Hill, SC, not far from Saluda Trail.  The farm, owned  and operated by the Westbrook family,  has been around since 1940, according to Bailey Westbook who showed the group around the farm.

The students were broken into several groups and got to participate in various activities. Wildcats got to pet and feed several  animals including goats, chickens and sheep. Bailey showed them the best way to do so. 

They  got to go through a two-acre corn maze.  While there was a QR code of the map of the maze, several students and staff still managed to get lost.  Student got see a lot more of the farm when took a hay ride around the 145 acre farm. They snacked on popcorn  and recieved a baby pumpkin from the pumpkin patch as they were leaving. 

Contributing Writers: Savannah Cornwell, Rowan Sarver and Jamaya Taylor

Phogtographer: Naudia Chambers