Lisa Larson roller skating classes

Youth Recreation Coordinator:  Lisa Larson

Lisa Larson was born in Petersburg, Alaska, and raised in the neighboring Tlingit village, Kake.  Her parents infused her formative years with puppet shows, all forms of art, music, and service.

Lisa earned her Bachelor of Education, K-8.  She completed her student teaching and graduated from the University of Alaska, Southeast in 1996, just as her first son turned one.  Four more children followed in the next 7 years.  She is currently earning her Master's Degree in Special Education and recently passed the Certified Parks and Recreation Professional (CPRP) exam.

Focusing on her young family, Lisa’s work life followed her children.  She owned a licensed 12-space daycare while they were preschoolers, and managed licensed school-age programs for school districts and recreation facilities during their school-age years.  As her children moved through junior and high school, she owned two retail shops (Skate of Gear, a roller-skate shop, and Love & Matter, a floral, gift, and learning studio).  Her children often worked for her or skated in the junior roller derby league she coached.

She has also served as the Fire Chief of the Tenakee Volunteer Fire Department, owned a live-crab exporting company, and a residential cleaning business, and held a commercial lines insurance license.  Her expertise is in developing, coordinating, and teaching recreation, art, and cultural programs for children, youth, and adults.

Her children all grown, Lisa made the choice to “head west”; arriving on this island she felt she was home, finding everything she loves thrives here, the family dogs, her living cultures (kefir, kombucha, kraut), and her growing plant collection. She is happy to share her love of children's programming and roller skating with the community.

PCR 360 water color self portrait

PCR 360

PCR360 is an afterschool program for 1st through 4th graders.

  • Open from 2:30pm to 5:30pm in the kids room at PCR, your child will arrive via the Eagles View Elementary school bus, joining the YouthREC program in the gym with Mr. Humphrey and other Recreation Coordinators from 2:45 to 3:15pm.

  • Monday through Thursday your child will learn songs, enjoy a nutritious snack, flex large motor muscles during recess on our playground, at one of our playgrounds, in our gym, multi-purpose room or on the track.

  • Your child will create, grow, learn and develop their social and imagination muscles through free choice activities and structured play programming.

  • Every Friday PCR360 visits the pool for Friday SPLASH and the library for story time.

Parents, please opt-in to our PCR Unalaska app notification group: "360/PCR Afterschool Programs" where you will receive immediate updates for changes to our end of day pick up location.

When the weather is (relatively) warm, still or dry we are likely to head outside to a local playground during our program hours.

EXCEPTION: there is no PCR360 program during the winter-break, which is generally mid-December through the first week of January.

schedule board

Day Camp

When school is out for parent teacher conferences, some holidays or in-service days, you may enroll your K - 4th grade child for Day Camp:

  • Fee: $20/day (fee waived for PCR360 registered students)

  • 8:00am to 5:00pm

  • Snacks are provided

  • please send your child with a lunch and outerwear appropriate for all weather forecasted that day

Students enjoy wearing PJ's and bringing their camp gear from home (pillows, blankets, stuffies, etc.).

Devices from home are allowed the final hour of the day (4pm to 5pm). When sending a device from home, please deliver it to Ms. Lisa when you drop off your child.

EXCEPTION: there is no PCR360 Day Camp program during the winter-break, which is generally mid-December through the first week of January.

Students playing on swings

Summer Playground Program

School is out Summer Playground Program is supervised by a PCR Recreation Coordinator and Recreation Assistants June through Mid-August.

  • Fee: free

  • 1:00pm to 4:00pm

  • Monday through Friday the Summer Playground Program (SPP) has a set, rotating schedule at five local parks or facilities.

  • Age 6 to 12, may be dropped off at the designated daily park and picked up before the program ends.

Snacks are not provided during SPP, please send your child with a snack as needed.

Please send your child in outerwear appropriate for all weather forecasted that day.

Parents will be notified when weather drives our program indoors to the PCR gymnasium or facility.

Felt Ms. Lisa Character Portrait

Youth Coordinator Contact Information for Lisa Larson:

  • at my desk (907) 581-1297 ext. 5107

  • on the PCR360 cell phone (907) 359-1297

  • or via email at llarson@ci.unalaska.ak.us

Ms. Lisa and PCR 360 students