You’ve heard of a housewarming.

How about a schoolwarming?

When faculty members at the newly renovated Bethel-Hanberry held open house activities at the school last week, they decided to add a new twist.

So along with the traditional visits to classes, parents and other visitors to the school were invited to take part in a schoolwarming.

But what do you take to a school?

Why, books of course.

Bethel-Hanberry media specialist Jennifer Burley said the idea was to collect more recreational reading materials for students and teachers at the school.

And many of the several hundred who turned out last week showed up with books in hand.

“Most of the books will go straight to the classrooms, so that every spare minute they have they will have something fun to occupy themselves with,” Burley said.

Burley said the school also is planning to set up a recreational area for teachers “so that students will see that teachers read for fun and not just when they’re preparing for classes.”

“We’re trying to make them understand that you don’t just do it because you’re at school, but that’s just something that’s part of your whole life,” she said.

Burley said the schoolwarming had been successful and was a good way to involve the community in education.

“I think that is probably going to be picked up by a lot of other people,” she said. “I still have people bringing me things.”

THIS WEEK’s Eagle Eye Award goes to Summit Parkway Middle School eighth-grader Nick Gulick.

Nick called in last week to report that a recent Neighbors story about sidewalks planned for his school mentioned the Briarwood subdivision when actually it should have been Briarcliff.

And he couldn’t have been any more polite in pointing out the error.

He and other students in Sherry Cashwell’s reading class were completing a reading assignment using the newspaper when they discovered the error.

“We were reading it in class today,” Nick said, adding that something just didn’t sound right.

Now we know what it is.

Nick said he was happy to see news about things that affect people his age.

He said the sidewalks won’t affect him personally because he rides the bus but that he’s happy for the other students who will benefit from them.

And what would he like to see more of in the paper?

Sports and “more stuff our age,” he said.

We heard you loud and clear, Nick.

Thanks for calling.

ATTENTION, vaudeville experts.

Fort Jackson schools are looking for your help.

Pinckney Elementary teacher Wendy Patrick is planning an educational unit for her third-grade class that combines learning with humor. She is looking for anyone with background or information regarding vaudeville who is willing to share with her students, or a group that might be willing to come out to the school and perform a vaudeville-style show.

If you are such a someone or if you know of one, please contact Patrick at 787-6815.

HERE ARE a couple of belated happy birthday wishes to two northeast residents who turned 90 recently.

Evetta Jacobs of Elgin turned 90 Sept. 1.

She is the oldest member of Spears Creek Baptist Church.

Jacobs has touched many lives in her day, most noticeably her own family.

In addition to three children, she has 13 grandchildren, 12 great- grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

W. Hughes Webb also turned 90 recently.

Family members held a drop-in for Webb Saturday.

Webb, a Columbia businessman for 50 years, was the operator of Webb Stables on Trenholm Road before the business later moved to Hopkins.

Bertram Rantin can be reached at 771-8306. Toll free, call 1-800-768-2626.