Aramark provides food service for Bob Jones Academy and Bob Jones University.
Funds in the family account are available for K3–12 Aramark student or parent lunches (does not include Markham Center counter purchases or BJU Dining Common).
Here’s how the process works.
Parents: add money to your family’s account (beginning July 1 for the coming school year)
- Check out the current rates and meal plans.
- Purchase Academy Bucks
- at bju.campusdish.com(credit/debit)
- at Aramark’s office in BJU’s Dining Common (cash/check/credit/debit)
- calling Aramark at (803) 626-1301 (cash/check/credit/debit)
- Watch for promotional offers. Here’s a special promotion for Fall 2022.
- At the start of the semester–possibly other times as well–Aramark will extend promotional offers.
- Bonus lunch bracelets earned as part of promotional offers are sent home with a student in the family.
- Bonus lunch bracelets are redeemed by the student (not applicable to parent meals) in the cafeteria for a free meal. (K3–5 students should wear the bracelet until removed by an Aramark employee at lunch.)
- Bonus lunch bracelets are similar to gift cards and are non-refundable and non-replaceable.
- Enjoy an Aramark lunch with your child! Call the school office by 8:30 a.m. to order lunch. Cost is deducted from your family Sycamore account.
- Please note: At the end of the school year unused balances are not reimbursed, nor will they roll forward to the next school year.
Aramark employees: process funds from Aramark’s system into Sycamore
- Please allow one full business day for processing. Example: for Monday’s lunch order, add funds by end of day Thursday.
- Sycamore tracks meal balances by family (not by individual student)–so the balance is available for meals for each student in the family.
Students: order and enjoy lunch
- Menus will be available on our website, in Sycamore’s app (easiest) and browser (Info Center|Cafeteria).
- K3–8: Teachers take lunch count in their classrooms first thing each morning. If a student will be late to school (e.g. doctor’s appointment), parents may contact the school office by 8:30 a.m. to order lunch.
- 9–12: Sign up in the Markham Center by 8:30 a.m. each day, and then pick up the lunch in the Middle School Cafeteria after 4th hour (Bible/Chapel) by showing your BJA ID card.
- The charge for lunch is made against the balance in Sycamore when the student goes through the hot lunch line.
Parents: watch balance
- The current balance available is in Sycamore at My Accounting|Cafeteria|Account. Charges (by the month) are also listed here.
- As an added service, for families using the hot lunch opportunity, Aramark plans to email the family their current balance on Wednesdays.
- At the end of the school year, unused balances are not reimbursed, nor will they roll forward to the next school year.
- In the rare instance when a student comes to school without a lunch and without sufficient funds for lunch, a parent will be notified to bring a meal.