See What My Child is Eating – www.SchoolCafe.com
Check Lunch Account Amounts
Track Lunch Purchases
Set-up Low Balance Reminders
How do I create an account?
1. Go to www.wdmcs.org
2. Click on the Parents tab
3. Click on “Check Account Balance” under the Nutrition “Links for Parents”
4. Click the blue box that says Register in the center of the screen.
5. Step 1 – Register
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Select I’m a Parent and click Next Step.
6. Step 2 – Let’s search for your school district.
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Select a School District by beginning to type in West Des Moines Community School District and clicking on the
name. Once you have selected the district, click Next Step.
7. Step 3 – Let’s gather some basic information.
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Enter First Name, Last Name (of the account holder) and an Email and Phone Number at which the user can be
contacted. Click Next Step.
8. Step 4 – Let’s set-up your user account credentials.
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Enter your desired Username. A green success message will display if the username is available.
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Enter desired Password. Enter Password again for confirmation.
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Choose a Security Question for verification purposes.
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Enter your Answer to the security question.
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Click the Next Step button.
9. Step 5 - Accept
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Confirm you are not a robot by checking the box.
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Click the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy box to accept. Click the link to read.
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Click Create my Account.
How do I add my child(ren)?
1. Click Add a Student from the “Student Accounts” section.
2. Enter the Student ID number. If you do not know this number, you can contact your school or Nutrition Services at (515)
633-5088
3. Select your child’s School by clicking the dropdown arrow.
4. Click Search & Verify Student.
5. When the identified student pops up, confirm the information is correct and click Add this Student.
6. Continue Steps 1 to 5 for each child you wish to add.
Is there a way to be notified when my child(ren)’s account is low?
Yes! Follow these steps:
1. Login to SchoolCafe; the Student Accounts is the default page.
2. From the Student Accounts, click the bell icon next to “Low Balance Alert”.
3. Set the balance level at which you would like to be alerted for each child’s account.
4. Enter a number of days for the frequency of how often you would like to receive a reminder.
5. Click the Update button to save changes or Cancel to exit without saving changes.