Slices Catering

Dubai American Academy is proud to partner with Slices, our school food provider. Slices is a home-grown real food company, aimed at transforming eating habits of the next generation across the UAE though providing fresh, wholesome and nutritious meals. 

In collaboration with Slices, Dubai American Academy is committed to ensuring that healthy and tasty meals are offered to our students. We are one of the only non-boarding schools in Dubai to have a live kitchen onsite, with chefs preparing food daily. Our live kitchen menus and prepared with a nutritionist and in accordance with the Dubai Municipality Guidelines and Regulations to ensure the menu offerings are well-balanced and tasty.  

Meal Times 

Slices is available to all students, K-12. KG1 - Grade 2 students eat in their classroom in order to ensure minimal distractions for students during meal times, with parents able to order with the Slices classroom delivery service so that the needs of our youngest students are met. See Slices Elementary Parent Guide for more details and to order. 

Grade 3 - 5 students eat in a fully supervised elementary canteen during lunch periods. Students may purchase hot meals and drinks or choose from a selection of salads and sandwiches. 

Grades 6 and above eat in a fully supervised middle and high school canteen during lunch periods. Slices can be purchased using our cashless card system with Student ID cards or contactless/card payments. Any parent queries can be directed to the customer service team at Slices [email protected]e

Technical issues can be processed through the Slices Support ticket page:  https://support.slices.ae/

Updated Menu

Slices Cashless System 

Slices are delighted to have integrated the slices cashless system in the GEMS Parent Portal. The system is designed for ease of use and to host all the relevant data in one space to make life easier for the parents and student community.

1. Parents can top up and view consumption through GEMS Parent Portal https://connect.gemseducation.com/

2. All student data is held in this portal without the need to create a secondary account
3. All existing student account balances will be transferred to the Parent Portal (Existing student balances will be transferred as opening balance to the new Parent Portal)

4. Catering Payment is accessed from the 'fees' drop-down option
5. Parents can top up via credit or debit card through the system and balances will be immediately available for student spend

6. Parents can also use the cash top up facility in the schools, and this will be reflected in the parent portal catering balance

7. Parents can also check recent catering balance top up history from the fees drop down options
8. Transaction history will also be updated to allow parents to review their children daily spend

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