A primary school in Pen Llŷn will be shutting its doors for good on Wednesday.
Ysgol Abersoch in the village of Abersoch has been a safe haven for pupils aged three to eight years old for nearly a century.
However after 97 years, the school has had to say goodbye to its seven pupils following a Gwynedd Council vote to go ahead with its closure.
According to the council, the school's future was not sustainable due to funding and lack of pupils, largely been done "by years of inward migration and use of so many second homes".
It was announced that the school would be closed by the end of the term.
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Ysgol Abersoch's headteacher Linda Jones said she felt emotional on the school's final day, which she described as "difficult".
"It's hard to believe that this is actually happening and there won't be any children here after today," she told WalesOnline.
Linda has been the headteacher of the school for nearly five years. Having been a pupil at Ysgol Abersoch herself, she said that becoming the head of the school was a "dream come true".
"I have so many fond memories of coming here as a pupil," she explained.
"Drinking milk out of glass bottles, painting on Friday afternoons, playing outside in the field - there were two tree trunks and there was a hole in one and you could go right through it. There was about 30 pupils back then.
"My dream was always to become a headteacher. I was a teacher at nearby Ysgol Chwilog for nearly 25 years when a temp job as a head at this school came up. I went for it and applied for a qualification so I could become a permanent headteacher at this school.
"I felt like I was living the dream and the fact that I could come back to Abersoch was the cherry on top of the cake."
The small wooden school, which is located right at the heart of the village, was three years away from celebrating its 100th birthday.
In September of this year, the council's decision to close the Welsh-language school was scrutinised by a key council committee. Concerns were raised by the local community, which had run a campaign to keep it open, alongside language campaigners fearing its impact on Welsh culture in the popular seaside village.
The school educates children up to the end of school year three, before moving on to Ysgol Sarn Bach, which is based 1.4 miles away.
Decision markers pointed out that no major upswing in pupil numbers meant that the future of the school had been "vulnerable for some time", costing the authority £17,404 per pupil compared to the county average of £4,198.
At the beginning of December, the school's governors decided to resign en masse after refusing to authorize staff redundancies, calling it the "final insult" for a board that had vehemently opposed the school's closure.
The chair of governors, Margot Jones, described the school closure as "heartbreaking".
"I see a huge value in a small village school especially in a community like Abersoch," she explained.
"It is a wonderful advertisement and ambassador for the Welsh language. What is left of the community after this could only serve tourists and we fought so hard against that for so long.
"All of our suggestions and ideas to develop the school have been ignored. This school was here to educate the people that have a sense of belonging to the area and that cannot be replicated.
"The council have turned their backs on us.
"I'm absolutely devastated and I can't believe it is happening. This is certainly not in the best interest of the children and it feels like all of this has been for nothing - our voices have been ignored."
Parent Awen Jones, whose three sons went to the school, agrees.
"I'm disappointed because it feels like we are the only people that have tried to keep this school open and the Welsh language alive," she said.
"It felt really lonely at times and it's so sad that it has come to this.
"As parents, we have a good community here - we all get along and we depend on each other for support. My four-year-old son Bobby has been crying all day - he doesn't understand why the school is closing.
"It's up to us now to keep this community going."
On December 17, Ysgol Abersoch held a pop-in open day to mark the final days of school. Former pupils and parents were invited to share their memories of the place.
For Linda Jones, the closure will have a profound effect not only on those with a connection to the school but on the community as a whole.
She said: "We have a very close-knit familial community here in the school. Everyone knows each other, it's like a big extended family and the children almost become like your own children.
"I can't even imagine what this closure will mean for the rest of the community, especially for the Welsh language. We have campaigned so much for the Welsh language because there's a lot of Englishness here. This was a precious jewel for the Welsh language.
"The community that I was brought up in was very different to the community we have today, but the school was where the root of the language remained. We have families here from Russian, Iraqi and Czech backgrounds - they can speak different languages as well as Welsh and English.
"The school's motto is 'Hwylio i'r Dyfodol', which means 'sailing into the future' - there's some bittersweet irony there with what is happening today. I hope people will never forget the deep roots this school has in the community, further afield, and in all of us. It's woven in the fond memories that we have, the language we speak and the lessons we have learnt.
"Wherever these children might be in the future - I hope they will take all of that with them, as I have done too."
Gwynedd council have said that considering the future of any school in the county is a "difficult decision".
A spokesperson said: "The Council as an education authority has a duty to ensure that we provide the best possible education and experiences as well as the best learning environment for all the children of the county.
"A number of meetings have been held with representatives from Ysgol Abersoch in order to respond to a range of concerns regarding the school and possible options for the future education in the area.
"The review of Ysgol Abersoch's situation was not part of a wider strategy for education in the area, but rather a response to a particular concern about challenges facing the school, including low pupil numbers, projections, high percentage of surplus places, small class sizes and wide age range within classes.
"Following a statutory consultation and full consideration for all comments presented, a decision has been taken that to close Ysgol Abersoch on 31 December and to offer pupils places at Ysgol Sarn Bach."
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