Escuela Nacional Preparatoria

In 1972, the School's orchestra was founded by Uberto Zanolli. Its present director is Luis Samuel Saloma, who made a tour along the 9 schools of the ENP, giving a final concert at the Auditorium at the General Direction. ==Student exchange==

The school runs academic exchanges with different foreign institutions, they are run on a yearly basis. The Horizon High School in Broomfield, Colorado, United States, has a 10-day exchange plan for nine students and two teachers at School number 3. City High School at Oklahoma has an exchange of 15 days with School number 9. ==Schools==

Although the schools all have a name and a number, they are commonly referred to by their numbers rather than by their names. ==Curriculum==

The school has mainly two kinds of study plans: • Iniciación Universitaria (): Is only run at School 2, and it consists in six years, which covers Mexican Secondary and Preparatory School, the second half of it, is identical to all the other Schools' plans. • High School. It lasts for three years and is the main plan in all nine schools. The final year is divided into four specialization areas: Physics, Mathematics and Engineering; Biology and Health Sciences; Social Sciences; and Arts and Humanities. ==Former general directors==

• Gabino Barreda (1868–1878) • Miguel E. Schultz (1904–1905) • José Vasconcelos (1919) • Ezequiel A. Chávez (1920–1921) • Alfonso Caso Andrade - (1928–1930) • Moisés Hurtado González (1970) • Guadalupe Gorostieta y Cadena (1982–1986) • Ernesto Schettino Maimone (1986–1994) • José Luis Balmaceda Becerra (1994–1998) • Héctor Enrique Herrera León y Vélez (1998–2006) • María de Lourdes Sánchez Obregón (2006-2010) • Silvia Jurado Cuéllar (2010 - Currently in Office) ==References==