Englewood Makes History

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  • Kehilat Kesher is an Orthodox synagogue in Englewood. Residents from both Englewood and Tenafly attend service. The synagogue was founded in 2000. Starting in 2010, Rabbi Akiva Block has served the synagogue.
  • The Englewood Historical Society was founded in 1976 by Eleanor Harvey, Serena Carson, Harry Danner, Stephen L. Diplock, and Leonard J. Hansen.
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  • The Englewood Cliffs School District is composed of the North Cliff School which teaches grades K-2 and Upper School which teaches 3-8.
  • Academies at Englewood was founded in 2002 after fifteen-plus-years of arguments between the Board of Education of Englewood and the Board of Education of Tenafly and the Board of Education of Englewood Cliffs. Dr. John Grieco created the new academies at Englewood to improve…
  • St. Cecilia Interparochial School was an elementary school associated with the St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church in Englewood. It closed in 2011 or 2012.
  • St. Cecilia High School was a catholic school connected to the St. Cecilia Church in Englewood. Most famously, Vincent Lombardi worked at the school as an athletic coach and led football and basketball teams to national championships. It closed in 1986.
  • The Roosevelt Elementary School was opened in 1926. It taught grades kindergarten through six. The school is now closed.
  • The Cleveland Elementary School was created in 1910. It taught grades kindergarten through six.
  • The Lincoln Elementary School was created in 1869 on Humphrey Street and Englewood Avenue. The school was originally known as the Brick School House. At some point before 1900 it was named Lincoln School. The building was burned down in 1917, however, a new one was made in 1918…
  • The League of Women's Voters is an organization dedicated to helping women use their right to vote. It was founded by the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Chicago, on February 14, 1920. They have a chapter in Bergen County.
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