▁Academy , ▁St . ▁Joseph ▁Catholic ▁School , ▁and ▁St . ▁Paul ' s ▁Luther an ▁School . ▁ ▁High er ▁education ▁ ▁W en atch ee ▁is ▁also ▁the ▁home ▁of ▁the ▁North ▁Central ▁Edu c ational ▁Service ▁District , ▁serving ▁all ▁of ▁north - central ▁Washington , ▁and ▁the ▁W en atch ee ▁Valley ▁College , ▁a ▁two - year ▁community ▁college ▁with ▁its ▁main ▁campus ▁in ▁W en atch ee ▁and ▁a ▁satellite ▁campus ▁in ▁Om ak , ▁Washington . ▁Its ▁main ▁campus ▁has ▁an ▁average ▁student ▁population ▁of ▁ 3 5 0 0 ▁of ▁all ▁ages . ▁W en atch ee ▁Valley ▁College ▁has ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁community ▁college ▁service ▁areas ▁in ▁the ▁State ▁of ▁Washington , ▁covering ▁more ▁than ▁. ▁ ▁The ▁Washington ▁State ▁University ▁is ▁represented ▁in ▁W en atch ee ▁by ▁the ▁Tree ▁F ruit ▁Research ▁and ▁Ext ension ▁Center , ▁the ▁North ▁Central ▁Washington ▁Learning ▁Center , ▁and ▁Ch el an ▁Co . ▁Cooper ative ▁Ext ension . ▁ ▁Transport ation ▁ ▁Public ▁transport ation ▁ ▁Trans it ▁services ▁within ▁W en atch ee ▁is ▁provided ▁by ▁Link ▁Trans it , ▁which ▁serves ▁all ▁of ▁Ch el an ▁County ▁and ▁parts ▁of ▁Douglas ▁County . ▁Link ▁Trans it ▁also ▁runs ▁comm uter ▁bus ▁service ▁from ▁W en atch ee ▁to ▁many ▁out lying ▁communities ▁in ▁the ▁region , ▁including ▁Le aven worth ▁and ▁Ch el an . ▁The ▁ag ency ▁adopted ▁its ▁first ▁electric ▁bus es ▁with ▁batter ies ▁in ▁ 2 0 1