If you have a kid and have ever considered sending him or her to school, Beverly Kohrs, Suzan Guthrey, and Beth Glispin, all of them decade-long PTA volunteers, make a decent case for Preston Hollow Elementary in today’s print product. It’s a really good school, they say. And it’s free.

The occasion for the article is the school’s annual open house, where parents from the neighborhood are invited to come check things out. And PH is not the only local school hoping to get noticed. Pershing, Kramer, and PH all have an open house on Tuesday, Franklin has one Wednesday, and Hillcrest has one Thursday, all at 6:30 p.m.

Show up, meet with teachers and parents, check out the curriculum, and learn about your local school. There’s nothing to lose. It’s free, after all.

Preston Hollow resident Loui Eriksson scored a goal in the Swedish hockey team’s first game in Vancouver, a 2-0 win over Germany on Tuesday. His squad, which won the gold medal four years ago, takes on Belarus at 2 p.m. today. (Photo by Trey Hill)

Here are the basketball playoff pairings for the Preston Hollow schools still alive in the playoffs:

BOYS

Hillcrest (17-10) vs. Pinkston (21-9), 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Forester Fieldhouse

Jesuit (25-5) vs. Irving MacArthur (21-10), 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Richardson Pearce

GIRLS

Hillcrest (26-5) vs. Frisco (29-5), 7 p.m., Friday, Conrad

Pairsh Episcopal (20-15) vs. Houston Westbury, 7 p.m., Friday, Tomball Concordia Lutheran

Ursuline (18-17) vs. San Antonio Antonian, 9 a.m., Saturday, Salado

Franklin Middle School drama students are hard at work reviving Steven Sondheim’s 1986 Tony award-winning fairy tale mash-up Into the Woods. The show weaves several well-known stories–Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood–into a seamless musical production.

Producers are mum at this point about what is certain to be a star-studded cast. But you’d better act soon. The play runs tonight at 7:30 p.m., then tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 and 7:30 p.m at the school. Tickets are available from Franklin drama students or at the door: $2 for daytime student admission, $4 for evening admission for students and adults, and $6 for reserved seats.

Commemorative T-shirts are available for $10.

For those of you wondering how to purchase Armorica, 19-year-old wunderkind Joseph Hughes’ sprawling, 520-page fantasy tome featured in our Feb. 12 issue (and I’ve had a few e-mails to that effect) here you go. Feel free to e-mail him as well: jh@armoricaworld.com. He’s in the neighborhood, after all.

Happy reading.

It’s tough: going to one place to get your hair done, a totally different place to have your teeth whitened, then another place entirely to remove that pesky tattoo you may or may not remember getting when you were 19.

Enter Zeal Med Spa & Salon, which is going between Cherish and Pier 1 Imports on the southeast corner of Preston and Royal, a few doors down from Border’s. Owner Ann Keuppens, a former bridal model who moved here from Belgium three years ago, can list Zeal’s services better than I:

“We’ll have a hair salon where we’re going to do Paris-style treatments, hair cuts, colorings, hair extensions,” Keuppens said. “We will do the European UV gel nails … teeth whitening, soft aesthetics like waxing, facials, Microdermabrasion, massages, IPLs [laser skin treatment], laser hair removal, skin tightening, Botox, fillers, tattoo removal.”

Keuppens, who owned a salon for 11 years in Belgium, said Dallas doesn’t have anything like the range of services or European ambience that will be offered by Zeal.

Right now, the storefront is little more than a concrete floor and drywall, but Keuppens said she expects to have Zeal open by the end of March.

“You have medical spas in Dallas and hair salons, but combined with everything together like teeth whitening and everything it’s hard to find, so I think it’s great as a client you just walk into one building and have it all done.”

Insight Complete Eye Care will debut its stylish new Hillcrest Road office at a grand opening fete from 7 to 10 p.m. tomorrow. The move has been two years in the making for the Insight folks, and they’re planning to celebrate big time!

Guests will enjoy demonstrations of the latest technology in eye care, while models showcase new designer eyewear. There will also be complimentary hors d’oeuvres courtesy of Steel restaurant, and plenty of libations.

The best part is that with a $50 donation to the American Foundation for the Blind, attendees can enter to win more than $8,500 in door prizes including designer eyewear (See those yummy Fendi shades over there?), free eye exams, the use of a Platinum Motorcars Lamborghini for a day, spa treatments, dinners, event tickets, and the list goes on! If your eyes didn’t get bigger reading that, you may want to have them checked. To RSVP, call 214-559-0122.

We hear Exhale Spa at Hotel Palomar will offer big discounts on their services from 5 to 9 p.m. tomorrow, with a portion of proceeds benefiting Dress For Success Dallas. Among the options are massages, facials, manicures/pedicures, and yoga and exercise classes, plus free extras — I like this part — including wine and hors d’oeuvres. They’ll have a silent auction, too, and raffle prizes donated by the spa.

Online vintage boutique Still Haute!, founded by PH resident Melissa Lewis and four of her fashionable friends (pictured at left), will be a featured vendor at “Fall in Love with Yourself” night, hosted by online health newsletter Good News Girlz at V Spa at the Hilton Anatole from 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow. In addition to perusing some of the Still Haute! vintage threads, guests will enjoy wine and light bites, mini spa treatments, mini manis or pedis, makeup refreshers, and prizes up for grabs. It’s free to attend, but you will need to RSVP to rsvp@goodnewsgirlz.com. Guys are welcome and valet parking at V Spa is complimentary.

Franklin Middle School is only $180 away from reaching its fundraising goal of $2,000 to aid Haitian earthquake victims. The school’s student council, cheerleaders, and TedxKids members are working together on the project, and have been raising money through the MercyCorps website since Jan. 14. Way to go Falcons!