HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Children who survived Haiti's earthquake are being enrolled at a South Florida charter school.

At the International School of Broward, Principal Jacqueline Hoy gets 10 calls a day for new enrollees from Haiti.

“We are running out of books, but we are coping,” Hoy said.

The small charter school has a French-based curriculum that will allow the 40 students newly enrolled to go back to their schools in Haiti when they reopen.

“I know my dad wanted me to be a good person in life. I'm trying to focus at school,” Yvanichka Vincent told Local 10’s Neki Mohan.

Vincent arrived in South Florida three days after the earthquake with her three siblings. Their father was killed in the Hotel Montana.

Majalhia Jean Baptiste lost her mother, Nancy Mennard, in the earthquake. She and her younger brother now live with an aunt.

“I'm really sad, but I feel a little bit better because in Haiti, I wasn't safe,” said Jean Baptiste.

The new arrivals definitely feel lucky. Their families back home tell them things are hard.

ISB is now asking the city and the county for more classroom space to accommodate the influx of new students.

Teachers at the school say their presence has a positive impact on the other students.

"Most of the Haitian students we have here, coming from Haiti, they are very serious about their study and they're very brave. The other students are looking, seeing in spite of all this, they are able to concentrate," Hoy said.

Stephan Berthold is counting the days till he can return home.

“I know it is good for me right now, but Haiti is home," Berthold said.

"I want to go back because it's my country. I love it," Vincent said.