VALLEY ROUNDUP : Mission Hills : Alemany High to Mark Renovations

More than five years after losing much of their school to the Northridge earthquake, students at Alemany High School plan to celebrate the opening of their renovated campus today.

About 25 offices, classrooms, laboratories and art rooms were recently completed at Alemany, said the school’s activities director Tina Eick.

Officials will also break ground for a new gym, which should be finished next year.

Since the 1994 earthquake, students have been using a temporary dome as a gym, Eick said.

Because the quake destroyed nine of Alemany’s 12 buildings on Rinaldi Street, the school, run by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, moved its classes across the street to a seminary. That building underwent the renovations.

“It was so fortunate for us,” Eick said. “It’s not very often you can lose your physical plant and be able to relocate within two weeks.”

The seminary school and Alemany shared the property until the seminary closed about three years ago, Eick said.

The renovated campus includes new locker room halls and roads to the gym, Eick said. The work was paid for with $9.6 million in federal emergency funds administered by the Archdiocese.

The grand opening ceremony at 15101 San Fernando Mission Blvd. starts at 5 p.m.