GYM-DANDY DAY FOR HART : $4.8 MILLION FACILITY A TRIBUTE TO COMMUNITY SPIRIT.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Daily News Staff Writer It was a huge community effort that helped make the new Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
The federal government contributed $4.8 million to rebuild the gym after the 1994 Northridge Quake. But it was the alumni, community groups and residents who donated the rest to cover extras, to make the new gym a landmark on the 60-year-old campus. The gym will open today in time for Hart's annual basketball tournament, a goal set in February when construction began. Three classes have graduated from Hart since the old gym Old Gym was a 2,500 seat multi-purpose arena in Oxford, Mississippi. It opened in 1924. It was home to the University of Mississippi Rebels basketball team. It was replaced when the Tad Smith Coliseum opened in 1966. was rendered unsafe by the 6.7-magnitude temblor. ``We're thrilled,'' said Principal Laurence Strauss. ``So many people came together to make the gym something the entire Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. can be proud of.'' The new 19,000-square-foot gym is in the middle of campus decorated with brick fascia fascia (făsh`ēə), fibrous tissue network located between the skin and the underlying structure of muscle and bone. Fascia is composed of two layers, a superficial layer and a deep layer. to match the other buildings on the 1930s-era school grounds. The gym can seat 1,200. It was built with the same facilities as the previous building, but is 2,000 square feet larger. It includes a weight room, locker rooms, a storage room, restrooms and a classroom. Increasing the size and the capacity of the gym were sticking points when the William S. Hart Union School District and the Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is the federal agency responsible for coordinating emergency planning, preparedness, risk reduction, response, and recovery. The agency works closely with state and local governments by funding emergency programs and providing technical negotiated funding for the reconstruction. FEMA FEMA, n.pr See Federal Emergency Management Agency. initially agreed to provide funding to replace the gym, but district officials argued for funds for a larger facility to serve a student population that had multiplied over the years. Highlighting the front of the building is the Walk of Friends, a 132-foot circle enclosing a red brick letter H in the center, surrounded by concrete and a circle of black bricks. The outer rings of the circle contain more than 500 red bricks engraved en·grave tr.v. en·graved, en·grav·ing, en·graves 1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material: engraved the champion's name on the trophy. 2. with names and phrases from those who donated money to rebuild the gym. Labor and materials labor and materials (time and materials) n. what some builders or repair people contract to provide and be paid for, rather than a fixed price or a percentage of the costs. for the Walk of Friends were among the donations to rebuild the gym. The bricks were sold for donations, as were pieces of the original gym floor. Some of the money raised will pay for items not replaced by FEMA such as weight room equipment and graphics for the walls and floors. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (color) The grand opening of Hart High's gym today coincides with the school's annual basketball tournament. John Lazar/Special to the Daily News |
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