Bishop Alemany High School
Bishop Alemany High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in the San Fernando Valley community of Mission Hills in Los Angeles, California. It is within the San Fernando Pastoral Region of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The school is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.History
Founded in 1947 as a school for girls, the school was originally named St. Ferdinand High School. In 1956, boys were admitted for the first time and the school was renamed to Bishop Alemany High School after Joseph Sadoc Alemany, the first archbishop of San Francisco. It was co-instructional, with separate divisions for girls and boys, until 1970 when it became coeducational.
Alemany used to be located on the north side of Rinaldi St, just east of Sepulveda Blvd, but the Northridge earthquake in 1994 forced the school to move across the street into the nearby buildings of Our Lady Queen of Angels Seminary at the historic San Fernando Mission. The high school shared the campus with the seminarians for one year. The seminary closed in 1995. The 1971 Sylmar earthquake did considerable damage to Alemany's campus, as well.Notable alumni
- Vernon Adams – Eastern Washington/Oregon quarterback, Montreal Alouettes quarterback
- Judy Baca – Chicana artist/muralist
- David Berganio, Jr. – professional golfer
- Casey Clausen – University of Tennessee quarterback
- Alyssa Diaz – actress
- Andy Dominique – MLB catcher and former NCAA baseball standout at The University of Nevada, Reno
- Kevin Lenik – baseball player
- Richard "Cheech" Marin – comedian & actor
- Steven Mitchell – University of Southern California wide receiver, Houston Texans
- Jim Pons – bass guitarist for The Leaves, The Turtles, and The Mothers of Invention
- Francia Raisa – actress
- Douglas Tait – producer, actor, filmmaker
- John Tejada – techno recording artist, producer, remixer, DJ, and label owner
- Charli Turner Thorne – head women's basketball coach at Arizona State University
- Robert Torti – Tony Award-nominated, Broadway actor, film & television performer
