Yeager also is the headquarters for the district's You and Me outreach program that shows parents how to work with their infants and toddlers to develop learning skills. The school's Family Center hosts a strong line-up of family education programs. Intensive instruction in reading, writing and mathematics in the K-2 grades is followed by increased emphasis on science and social studies in higher grades.
All students take physical education and health.
Band and orchestra classes are available from 3rd grade on, along with intramural sports, in-school scouting, Junior Achievement, student council and special interest clubs. Green Bay was the first Illinois school named a demonstration site by the National Alliance of Black School Educators. South, Green Bay and Lindbergh obtained a grant from the Abbott Laboratories, Inc. to introduce the Efficacy Program to raise student achievement. Green Bay had the largest number of medals overall because many of its winners won awards in several categories. Both Katzenmaier and Novak-King sponsor an annual space simulation exercise in which student astronauts spend several days in a space module carrying out science experiments.