When Sera Markoff '89 and her "Event Horizon" teammates presented the world with the first-ever photo of a black hole, it was a scientific triumph made possible by years of hard work and perseverance. Professor Markoff, an astrophysicist at the University of Amsterdam, believes that resilience is one OUR VALUES ACHIEVEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY of the most important character traits for a INVENTIVENESS RESILIENCE scientist and she credits her teachers at SPA for cultivating her irrepressible spirit and ability to learn from mistakes COMMUNITY PASSION Resilience is one of the values that propels our mission to shape the minds and the hearts of the people who will change the world. THE POWER OF RESILIENCE ILLUMINATES EVEN THE DARKEST PLACES ST. PAUL ACADEMY SPA AND SUMMIT SCHOOL K-12 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL SPA.EDU When Sera Markoff '89 and her "Event Horizon" teammates presented the world with the first-ever photo of a black hole, it was a scientific triumph made possible by years of hard work and perseverance. Professor Markoff, an astrophysicist at the University of Amsterdam, believes that resilience is one OUR VALUES ACHIEVEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY of the most important character traits for a INVENTIVENESS RESILIENCE scientist and she credits her teachers at SPA for cultivating her irrepressible spirit and ability to learn from mistakes COMMUNITY PASSION Resilience is one of the values that propels our mission to shape the minds and the hearts of the people who will change the world. THE POWER OF RESILIENCE ILLUMINATES EVEN THE DARKEST PLACES ST. PAUL ACADEMY SPA AND SUMMIT SCHOOL K-12 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL SPA.EDU