Spotlight on Mr. Ciavarelli/Kevin Laue and His Nub

Spotlight on Mr. Ciavarelli

Caleb Ciavarelli has joined NHHS this year as a PE and health teacher. He began his year coaching 9th grade volleyball and quickly got to know not only those players but all the students in the high school. He has brought the face-to-face health class back to campus and is working on getting students more physically involved in PE.

Mr. Ciavarelli prides himself in getting to know students' names very quickly. In fact, when the TK class visited this week, he even was able to learn their names during the 45 minute period. Welcome to NH, Mr. Ciavarelli!

Kevin Laue and his Nub

When a 6’-11’’ person walks into the gym with 1.5 arms; or 1 arm and a nub as Kevin lovingly called it; commands attention of the entire student body.  How he keeps the attention of the group for 75 minutes was just amazing.

Kevin Laue was brought in on Monday morning by the New Hampton FFA with some additional support from Booster Clubs of the Chickasaws and the FFA Fall Can Drive.  The FFA first saw Kevin at the 89th State FFA Convention and they knew that the FFA needed to bring him into be a speaker.  Wow, were they right.

Kevin’s positive outlook on life through all of the negative things that have happened to him have lead him to become a motivational speaker.  His message “If Not You, Who?”  leads to developing motivation and leadership for the individuals that he speaks to.  

Laue did talk about how he was told as a seventh grader to to find another sport because basketball was a “two handed” sport.  But an AAU coach turned that around and encouraged him to use his “nub”.  Kevin became the first Division I scholarship basketball player with only one arm.  

The FFA members sent out an evaluation form asking if they should continue with speaker and are looking for recommendations for next year.