▁G ymnasium . ▁ ▁Later , ▁the ▁school ▁was ▁head ed ▁by ▁Henri ▁P équ ign at ▁( 1 9 2 2 - 1 9 3 6 ), ▁Jacques ▁Val lette ▁( 1 9 3 6 - 1 9 4 5 ), ▁Jean ▁Ne el ▁( 1 9 4 5 - 1 9 5 3 ), ▁Georges ▁H ac qu ard ▁( 1 9 5 3 - 1 9 8 6 ), ▁Jean - Pierre ▁Hamm el ▁( 1 9 8 6 - 1 9 8 8 ), ▁René ▁F uchs ▁( 1 9 8 8 - 2 0 0 1 ), ▁Pierre ▁de ▁P ana f ieu ▁( since ▁ 2 0 0 1 ). ▁ ▁The ▁school ▁rapidly ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁testing ▁grounds ▁for ▁public ▁education , ▁known ▁as ▁a ▁" p il ot ▁school ". ▁Non - rel ig ious ▁since ▁ 1 8 7 4 , ▁mixed ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 8 , ▁it ▁ins isted ▁from ▁its ▁in ception ▁on ▁the ▁importance ▁of ▁French ▁( r ather ▁than ▁Latin ) ▁and ▁foreign ▁languages . ▁It ▁opened ▁a ▁g ymnasium ▁and ▁science ▁l abs ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 1 . ▁A udi ovis ual ▁methods ▁of ▁teaching ▁were ▁introduced ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 3 , ▁with ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁C CT V . ▁ ▁Running ▁from ▁kind erg arten ▁to ▁final ▁year , ▁the ▁É cole ▁als aci enne ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁re put able ▁schools ▁in ▁Paris . ▁Stud ents ▁from ▁the