Published 6:29 am Friday, May 29, 2026 BEAVERTON – The 18 graduates of Ms. Womack’s kindergarten class at Beaverton’s Vose Elementary are preparing to become firefighters, soccer players, astronauts and doctors, they said. Going on to college before all that, however, drew some shock and disbelief. “Kindergarten has been hard enough,” one student lamented Thursday afternoon to Oregon State Treasurer Elizabeth Steiner and Oregon Department of Education Director Charlene Williams, who were visiting the class to hand out diplomas, and to share a surprise. When Steiner told them that her job was to give them $100 to put in their piggy banks for college, or any other type of school they might want to attend one day after high school, the class erupted. Their diplomas include a QR code that their parents can use to open an Embark account, formerly known as the Oregon College Savings Plan. If they open an account and deposit $25, the state treasury will deposit $100 more.…