FARMINGTON – Mitchell Guillaume, a fifth-grader at Cascade Brook School and son of James and Michelle Guillaume, has been notified by the National Geographic Society that he is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2009 Maine Geographic Bee.

Bees were held in schools with fourth- through eighth-grade students throughout the state to determine each school’s winner. School-level winners then took a qualifying test, which they submitted to the National Geographic Society.

In each of the 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense dependents schools and the U.S. territories, the National Geographic Society invited the students with the top 100 scores to compete at the state level.

The 2009 Maine Geographic Bee will be held on Friday, April 3, at the Abromson Community Education Center, University of Southern Maine, Portland.