D
orseyville Middle School
principal Jonathan
Nauhaus says the diversity
of the student and family
population offers a unique opportunity
to interact and associate with people
from all walks of life. It is also one of the
main reasons he was first interested in
the Fox Chapel Area School District.
“As someone who grew up in the city of
Pittsburgh and who spent many years
working in school systems, both public
and private, inner city and suburban, Fox
Chapel Area offered me the opportunity
to put all of my experiences to use within
one district.”
St. Clair School District. He joined the
DMS staff as an assistant principal in
2007.
“I’m proud to be a member of the
administrative team responsible for
Dorseyville Middle School. It is an
amazing place where students have
unlimited opportunities to experience,
learn, and grow as a result of the hardest
working, most professional collection of
individuals I have ever had the pleasure
of working alongside.”
Mr. Nauhaus says that one of his goals
is to increase the sense of community
associated with Dorseyville Middle
School. “By this, I mean community
within the walls of our school between
our students, faculty, and parents; the
community outside the walls of our
school as a connection to our elementary
schools and high school; and the
community within the district itself as a
means of bringing the various boroughs
and municipalities together.”
Mr. Nauhaus graduated from the
American University with a Bachelor
of Arts in law and society. He received
master’s degrees from the University
of Pittsburgh in elementary education,
K-12 administration, and curriculum
and instruction. He recently completed
coursework for the superintendent letter
of eligibility and is currently a candidate
in the educational doctorate program at
Pitt.
He and his wife enjoy spending time
with their two children, ages seven and
five, who are both involved in ice hockey
programs. Mr. Nauhaus also enjoys
running, playing basketball, and walking
the family dog (whom he refers to as his
“K-9 child”).
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MAKES
TRANSITION FROM O’HARA TO DMS
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FOX CH APE L AR EA SC H OO L NE WS
ox Chapel Area
Mr. Nauhaus began his teaching career
at an elementary school in Washington,
D.C., as a member of the Teach for
America teaching corps and he worked
for the District of Columbia Public
Schools for nine years. Originally from
Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze, Mr.
Nauhaus returned to Pittsburgh in 2003
and spent time teaching math at the Falk
Laboratory School and fourth graders
in the Pittsburgh Public Schools, and
he served as an administrative intern
at Boyce Middle School in the Upper
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JONATHAN NAUHAUS
NAMED PRINCIPAL AT DORSEYVILLE
MIDDLE SCHOOL
I
ncoming Dorseyville Middle
School sixth graders, who have
grown accustomed to seeing
assistant principal James “JP”
Prager since first grade at O’Hara
18 Fox Chapel Area
Elementary School, were greeted by that
same familiar face on opening day this
fall. Mr. Prager “graduated” from O’Hara
Elementary School and made the
transition to Dorseyville Middle School
as a new assistant principal.
Mr. Prager says he has seen his former
elementary students flourish from
first graders to young adults as t ^B