NAME:
Dianne 'Dee' Ames
SCHOOL:
Willard School/ C. J. Lamb School
SUBJECT:
Band
SCHOOL PHONE:
(WILLARD)324-8454 or (CJL)324-8481
Dee Ames is the elementary band director for the 5th and 6th grade bands at
Willard School and at C. J. Lamb School.
Dee graduated from Deering High in Portland and received a Bachelor of Music
Education degree from Keene State College in 1983.
This is her 28th year of teaching music. She taught K-8 general music,
instrumental music and choral music at the Pownal Elementary School for 11
years. She also taught part time at Westbrook High School for 6 years as the
woodwind specialist for the highly acclaimed marching band.
This is her 17th year here in Sanford.
Dee lives in Springvale with her husband Skip and their children, Kelli(11)
Kristina(10),and Eric(8). She has two beautiful Maine Coon cats,
Maximilian and Polly. Dee also has three grown stepchildren and five
step grandchildren.
In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family, architecture and
drafting, reading everything (especially mysteries), quilting, renovating
their historic victorian, and all things DISNEY.
For each student to have such a great time learning to play an instrument
that they don't even realize they have worked hard.