The
King of Price Hill Craig Hockenberry
Annual
Price Hill Parade crowns longtime Principal
Craig Hockenberry was name the King
of Price Hill for the annual Thanksgiving Parade through the streets of Price
Hill in Cincinnati. Hockenberry and his
wife were crowned as royalty before the start of the parade at Western Hills
High School. The tradition has been in
place for many years and is a fun day for the community of Price Hill which is
the where Craig Hockenberry and his
wife live.
Mr.
Hockenberry is the longtime principal of Oyler School located in Lower Price
Hill where it has grown from a K-6 school to a PRE-K-12 Community Learning
Center (CLC). Craig Hockenberry led the transformation with the help of amazing
partnership forged by the Community Learning Center Institute. The school has been the center of the
community learning center model and has put many services in place for our
cities most vulnerable populations. Craig Hockenberry was at Oyler from
1998 through 2012 and has developed many private-public partnerships.
Hockenberry is no stranger to
the parade as he has not missed one for more than 20 years and has arranged for
Oyler students to take part in the part several time. “It is a fun, day for all and it certainly allows
me to have a little fun at home with the kids and my family where I get to
remind them that I’m KING!”
Craig Hockenberry grew up in Northeastern Ohio in the small town of Malvern.
After graduating from high school in 1990, he was recruited to play football at
the College of Mount St. Joseph. He was part of the school’s first
football team and played for legendary Coach, John Pont. After graduating
from Mount St. Joseph in 1995 with an undergraduate degree in Elementary
Education, Craig immediately began teaching at Roosevelt School in the
Cincinnati Public School system. During his short time at Roosevelt, he attended
night school at Xavier University, receiving a graduate degree in Educational
Administration. He then enrolled at
the University of Cincinnati where he began work on his Ph.D. in Urban Education.
After Roosevelt School closed in
1998, he was named Assistant Principal of Oyler School in Lower Price
Hill. After two years, he was promoted to Principal. During his
last 10 years at Oyler, the school transformed from a K-6 school to a
full-service PreK-12 Community Learning Center. The school elevated from
Academic Emergency to Academic Watch to Continuous Improvement and, most
importantly, was graduating students from a community that once held the
highest dropout rate in the City of Cincinnati. In 2009, Craig was
named the Cincinnati Public School
Administrator of the Year and received the James N. Jacobs Award for
Outstanding Administration. Also in 2009, he was the recipient of the 2009
Dream Makers Award from the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative (CYC) for his
school's work in building partnerships. Additionally, he was named Lower Price
Hill Man-of-the-Year for his work in the community of Lower Price Hill.
Craig lives in West Price Hill
with his wife, Erin, and their three children: Vivian, Gino, & Rocco.
His personal interests include traveling, volunteering, exercising, following
college football, and, of course, spending every minute he can with his family.
On Saturday, May 11, 2013, Craig
received an honorary Doctor of Humane
Letters from the College of Mount St. Joseph and delivered the 2013
commencement address.
CRAIG
HOCKENBERRY THREE RIVERS SUPERINTENDENT
CRAIG
HOCKENBERRY MANCHESTER SUPERINTENDENT
CRAIG
HOCKENBERRY OYLER
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