MEDIA ADVISORY, Oct. 8, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) --
When: Friday, October 15, 2004 2:30 p.m.
Where: SeaStar -- The School for Neuroeducation (formerly
known as The Tustin Center and The Alex Center)
165 North Myrtle Avenue Tustin, CA 92780
What: Jack O'Connell, State Superintendent of Public
Instruction for California, will make a special visit
to The Tustin Center to unveil the school's new name,
SeaStar -- The School for Neuroeducation. The ceremony,
which is open to the public, will include presentations
of insightful posters and poems from the school's
children, all in honor of the new name, National Brain
Injury Awareness Month and the great impact the school
has had on its students, their families and the
community. SeaStar is one of only four schools in the
nation that services the special needs of children who
have survived acquired brain injuries and it remains
the only facility of its kind on the West Coast.
SeaStar currently serves 18 students with the capacity
for 42. Within a 60-mile radius of Tustin, there are
more than 850 children and adolescents in the public
school system who are educationally classified with
Traumatic Brain Injury.
Who: State Superintendent of Public Instruction for
California Jack O'Connell
Orange County Superintendent of Schools
William Habermehl
Tustin City Councilman Lou Bone
School founders Scott and Cheryl Tempel
Visuals: Unveiling "new school name" ceremony
Students (ages 5-21) presenting poems and posters for
Brain Injury Awareness Month
Directions/
Parking: From 55 -- Exit Irvine Blvd. & 4th Street exit --
school at 1st Street and Myrtle Avenue
From 5 -- Exit 4th Street/1st Street exit -- school
at 1st Street and Myrtle Avenue
Parking on Myrtle Avenue or the Heatlhsouth Tustin
Rehabilitation Hospital underground parking
Information: For information about the event, call Scott Tempel
at (714) 508-4362 x202. Email at
braininjuryfoundation@cox.net or stempel@tbif.org.