All Hallows High School and Immaculate Conception School – two century-old Bronx Catholic schools – are set to close in a few weeks.

Ronald Astree, Class of 1991 at All Hallows, recalled the 1985 basketball state championship, saying the school gave him friends who have become family.

"Every person in this building made a concerted effort to put their arm around you, embrace you, make sure that you know this is a brotherhood, and I couldn’t have known then how it would impact my life,"Astree said.

It’s bittersweet for Astree. The legacy of All Hallows ends with the Class of 2025 – and his son won’t be able to follow in his footsteps.

"I won’t be able to walk my son by this building and say, 'Hey, this is where your dad went to school and gained four years of experience,'" he said.

After 171 years, the very first Catholic school in the Bronx, Immaculate Conception, will close its doors after this school year.

Keisha Hackney, Class of 1996, said the sadness of her school closing is something she’s experienced before.

"I went to St. Thomas Aquinas in the Bronx, and I went to that closing as well. The era of Catholic schools closing is very disheartening," Hackney said.

This was Hackney’s first time back since graduating. A reunion of past and present students took place in the gym, where she remembered some of her fondest school moments.

"One year, I played Diana Ross in the play…It was just so great. That’s just my memory," she said.

Students say that even after the doors close for good, the memories they’ve made will stay with them forever.