Dep. Sheriff Eric Eilers reads to 4th-graders at Joseph Davies Elementary School as part of their Literacy Week celebration

Students show their appreciation for Eilers reading to them.	Sheriff’s Dep, Eric Eilers reads a book to 4th-graders in the classroom of teacher Tara Sibal at Joseph Davies Elementary School on Nov. 14.
Students in Snyder’s class hold up thJunior Deputy badges Eilers gave them.	Dep. Eric Eilers reads to students in the classroom of teacher Emilie Snyder.

Dep. Sheriff Eric Eilers read a book to two 4th-grade classes at Joseph Davies Elementary School in Meraux on Friday, Nov. 14, as part of their Literacy Week celebration.

Eilers, who has been with the Sheriff’s Office about 15 years and is assigned to the Community Relations Department, read the book “D.J. and the Jazz Fest’’ about a child attending the New Orleans Jazz Fest with his mother, to 4th- graders in the classrooms of teachers Tara Sibal and Emilie Snyder.

The school, in a week-long program coordinated by Davies official Cindy Meyer, had a theme for each day, including students dressing as their favorite book character on Friday.

Eilers, as well as reading aloud and explaining the book he read, urged students to read on their own and strive to learn something new each day.