SchoolCafe Parent Accounts

Below are the instructions for setting up your SchoolCafe family account beginning January 20, 2026.

1. Go to https://family.schoolcafe.com/STMA
2. Click Create a new account.
3. Choose I'm a Parent and click Next.
4. Enter your first name, last name, email address, phone number, and click Next.
5. Set up a password, choose a security question, the answer to that security question.
6. Check the box "I accept the Terms & Conditions" and click Create My Account.
7. Once logged in, Click Add a Student.
8. Enter the student ID number for Lunch Pin. If you don't know this seven-digit number that should begin with 100:
   1. This number is at the top of the student schedules that were sent out at the beginning of the school year.
   2. Ask your student what the number as they should know it.
   3. Email [e-mail] and request the ID number for your daughter(s). Note: The email you send from should match what we have in the system for us to disclose that information.
9. Click on School > St. Mary's Academy.
10. Type the last name of the student.
11. Click "Search & Verify". 
12. When your student appears, click Add this Student.

Once the above has been completed, you should be able to add funds to the account. You can also configure settings like low balance alerts, automatically add funds, etc.