{"id":7018,"date":"2026-08-06T21:38:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/?p=7018"},"modified":"2026-08-06T21:38:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:38:47","slug":"attallah-college-alumni-named-2026-orange-unified-teachers-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/education\/2026\/08\/06\/attallah-college-alumni-named-2026-orange-unified-teachers-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Attallah College Alumni Named 2026 Orange Unified Teachers of the Year\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chapman University\u2019s Attallah College of Educational Studies is celebrating Dorcas Hoi, IES \u201918, MACI \u201919, and Marina Ballesteros, MA \u201919, who were named 2026 Teachers of the Year by Orange Unified School District.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Hoi<\/strong> teaches middle school math and AVID at Yorba Middle School. 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