Going to work early in the morning every morning. Serving almost 3,000 teenagers every weekday, and then going home to a life full of clogging, crafting or motorcycle riding. That’s what life can be like for a cafeteria worker at NHS.

     Outside of their jobs, NHS cafeteria workers still have a lot on their plates.

Cafeteria cashier Terri Pouch enjoys clogging in her free time. She is a long time volunteer for the Four Leaf Clover Cloggers.  

    “I’ve been clogging there for around seventeen years,” Pouch said.

     The Four Leaf Clover Cloggers is a clogging group that has participated in multiple local events including the Indiana State Fair and Hamilton County Fair.

    “It’s so fun,” Pouch said, smiling. “You dance to different music, it’s good exercise, [and] you have good energy afterwards.”

    Pouch isn’t the only cafeteria worker with an interesting hobby outside of school. Cafeteria worker Sheila Johnson enjoys making crafts and selling them at local flea markets. Johnson grew up attending the annual Highway 127 Yard Sale, which is the largest yard sale in the world.  Over the years she has gathered lots of experience when it comes to flea markets.

    “I’ve been doing it since I was a teenager,” Johnson said.

     Johnson’s participation in flea markets is driven by her love for antiques as well as her love for arts and crafts.

    “I’m working on something just about every day,” Johnson said. “I make arts and crafts and resell them. I go to two different auctions every week. I actually sell a lot at one of them.”

    Lunch server Candy Perry is an active participant in motorcycle charity rides in Kokomo with her boyfriend, Steve (Ealy).

    “We went on the ride when Deputy Koontz died,” Perry said. “We just went on the ride for Riley Kids hospital and the Angels for Kids charity ride.”

    Perry started riding motorcycles this past spring and is already very involved in charity rides.

    “Oh, it’s just so much fun. And good company,” Perry said.

    Most students don’t know a lot about faculty and staff when it comes to the faculty’s personal lives and what they do outside of school. Everybody has something they enjoy doing, whether that’s clogging, crafting, or even riding motorcycles

    “People don’t get that most of us in the kitchen have another job,” Johnson said. “People don’t think we do anything outside of this job.”

    As it turns out, that couldn’t be further from the truth.