Patuxent High School

Patuxent High School (pronounced- Pa-tucks-ent) is a comprehensive, four-year public high school in Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland, USA. The school draws from the communities of Cove Point, the Chesapeake Ranch Estates, Drum Point and Solomons.

Patuxent is a 2A school that competes in the Southern Maryland Athletic Conference (SMAC). In 2006 the Varsity Girls Field Hockey team won the Regional finals, and went to the Maryland State finals. In 2007 the Boys' Soccer team won the SMAC championship and County Cup. In 2008 the Varsity Field Hockey team went undefeated all the way up until the Maryland State semi-finals, winning the SMAC championship and the Regional 2A Championship. In 2007, the varsity girls soccer team won the SMAC championship.

Patuxent High School NJROTC

The Patuxent High School NJROTC was formed in 1996. There are 130 cadets enrolled in the program.

The company holds several national championships: one for its 2003 JROTC Orienteering National Championship another for its 2006 National Championship in Armed and Unarmed Standard Drill. In 2008, the Orienteering team participated in the DVOA Interscholastic National Championship. The team placed 9th in the nation among high school varsity teams and 2nd among NJROTC teams. This was the team's best finish in the Interscholastic Championship since it placed first in 2003, but has been superseded by greater accomplishments in later years. The Competition Air Pistol team placed 1st for the national Air Pistol Competition in Camp Perry Ohio in 2010. In the 2010-2011 school year their academic team, lead by Cadet Bearjar placed sixth in the nation among all ROTC schools. Additionally the team competed in the NJROTC National Drill, Athletic, and Academic Competition in the spring of 2011, placing third nationally for color guard.