Marley Bryant graduated high school at the top of his class with a 5.2 gpa

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Harold T. Branch Academy Valedictorian Class of 2025 Valedictorian Marley Bryant says that performance and presence were two of the biggest factors that lead him to a successful academic year.

"Just doing good and showing up to school every day," Bryant said.

That was just part of the puzzle that helped him graduate Harold T. Branch academy with a 5.2 gpa.

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"The gpa thing, it was just, college classes, taking weighted classes," Bryant said. "Taking as many high articulate classes as I could that boost your gpa up," he said.

Marley took reaching for the stars to a new height.

"I had summa cum laude which was 98 plus average and above in all my classes," Bryant said.

By taking dual credit cl