SAN DIEGO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 03/12/13 -- Students at Albert Einstein Academy Charter Middle School will experience Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) through hands-on experiments at the 1st Albert Einstein Day of Innovations on campus. Presentations from San Diego-based German companies BOSCH, Bilstein and Carl Zeiss will focus on the history of German innovations and the role they have played in each company's success.

Thursday, March 14, 2013
AEA campus, Multipurpose Room, 3035 Ash Street, San Diego, CA 92102

Schedule of Events:

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8:15 - 10:00 a.m.    Optics: Presentations and experiments with Carl Zeiss
                     Vision (7th grade)
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10:00 - 10:30 a.m.   Guest speakers:
                     Dr. Bernd Fischer, German Consul General of Los Angeles
                     Dr. Stephan Hollmann, German Honorary Consul in San Diego
                     & President of German American | San Diego Foundation
                     Eberhard Roehm, Director of the American Council on
                     Germany in San Diego
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10:30 - 12:30 p.m.   Forces: Presentations and experiments with ThyssenKrupp
                     Bilstein (8th grade)
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12:30 - 2:30 p.m.    Water & Gears: Presentations and experiments with Bosch
                     (6th grade)
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6:00 - 7:00 p.m.     Science talk: "From Leonardo Da Vinci to Steve Jobs"
                     Jay Vavra, High Tech High School biology teacher,
                     discusses students' research, innovative designs and
                     discoveries. (Open to the public)
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The German American | San Diego Foundation and the American Council on Germany-San Diego Chapter are presenting the event, sponsored by the German Consulate General in Los Angeles and the German Honorary Consul in San Diego as part of the Skills Initiative launched by the German Embassy in Washington, DC.

"As STEM fields remain at the center of innovation, we want to ensure that all of our students are exposed to the vast possibilities that exist in STEM, and they know that they can all be innovators," said David Sciarretta, principal at AEA Charter Middle School.

"We have the only German immersion program in San Diego County, and we believe that connecting our students to the leaders of German businesses in San Diego from an early age is a valuable extension of the curriculum," said Jeannette Vaughn, principal at AEA Charter Elementary School.

German Ambassador Peter Ammon: "Skills Initiative is a win-win idea. Everyone benefits. German-American cooperation in workforce skills development will provide opportunities in local communities across the USA for good jobs, quality training and businesses that succeed in the US and global markets."

About Albert Einstein Academy Charter Middle School (AEACMS) is a tuition-free public charter school with an academically rigorous international environment that embraces multicultural perspectives through transformative service to humanity. Einstein Middle emphasizes foreign language learning (German and Spanish), and focuses its curriculum on critical thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and service to others to prepare students to thrive and serve in a dynamic global future.

For more information visit www.aeacms.org or follow us on Twitter at @einsteinmiddle.

German American | San Diego is a non-profit organization, founded by German and American companies from various industries, including BSH/BOSCH, ThyssenKrupp Bilstein of America, and Carl Zeiss Vision. Its mission is to connect the German American community through innovation, culture and business and to align its resources to establish a leading global network. Major projects include adapting the German dual system of vocational training in the San Diego/Tijuana region, and fostering close collaboration with the Cologne Rhine River region to create mutual business and employment opportunities.

For more information on the Skills Initiative please visit www.Germany.info.

The American Council on Germany - San Diego Chapter is an independent, nonpartisan nonprofit organization which promotes dialogue among leaders from business, government, and the media in the United States and Europe. The ACG was incorporated in 1952 in New York to encourage reconciliation and understanding following the two disastrous wars in the first half of the 20th century. Among its early leaders were John J. and Ellen McCloy, General Lucius D. Clay, Christopher Emmet, Joseph Kaskell, Dr. George N. Shuster, and Eric M. Warburg. It fosters transatlantic cooperation on a range of global economic, political, and social issues.