In 2010 the school enrolled 51 survivors of the 2010 Haiti earthquake , the second highest number of any Miami-Dade school . Principal Connie Navarro had installed extra counselors to assist the students in case they had any trauma . The students mostly came from the middle and upper classes , and many had previously attended the Lycée Alexandre Dumas French international school and the Union School , both private schools . Varela High installed extra Advanced Placement ( AP ) classes , including AP French , to cater to them . Michael Winerip of '' The New York Times '' interviewed 10 survivors at Varela . They all spoke Haitian Creole , French , and English , and their English did not have any accent . They all indicated that the academic work at Varela was less rigorous than the work at their private Haitian schools
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
Felix Varela High School